Factors impacting hospitalisation and related health service costs in cancer survivors in Australia: Results from a population data linkage study in Queensland (<scp>COS</scp>‐Q)
We identified a range of factors associated with hospitalisation and higher hospital costs for cancer survivors, and our results clearly demonstrate very high public health costs of hospitalisation. There is a lack of obvious means to reduce these costs in the short or medium term which emphasises an increasing economic imperative to improving cancer prevention and investments in home- or community-based patient support services.
Authors
- Louisa G. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-4249)
- Katharina Merollini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1369-7663)
- Joanne F. Aitken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-2186)
- ANDREW T. JONES (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-703X)
- Michael G. Kimlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9536-8646)
Institutions
- Bond University (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- Cancer Council Queensland (AU)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70201
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation
- University of the Sunshine Coast