Health Care Contact Days in Older Adults With Metastatic Cancer
This cohort study of older traditional Medicare beneficiaries who were diagnosed with common metastatic cancers found a mean of 40.1 to 62.9 health care contact days in the year after diagnosis. Health care contact days increased from 2008 to 2019, suggesting that treatment advancements and/or care inefficiencies may have imposed additional burdens on beneficiaries.
Authors
- Ishani Ganguli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-0995)
- Arjun Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-4731)
- Stacie B. Dusetzina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-9196)
- Shelley A. Jazowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3467-2502)
- Avirath U. Vaidya
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.47924
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Cancer Institute