Characterizing the burden of care for children with solid tumors in the United States: A cross‐sectional analysis from the Child Health Evaluation of Surgical Services Group
Children with solid tumors experience a high number of medicalized days in the first year after diagnosis. Furthermore, the number of medicalized days has increased over the last decade. Quantifying medicalized days provides a way to track the social and economic burdens of care. Better understanding of this care burden may provide an opportunity for physicians, patient advocates, and policymakers to address the financial toxicity of treatment.
Authors
- Samir K. Gadepalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-8723)
- Adam B. Goldin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3263-9269)
- Elisabeth T. Tracy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3459-2772)
- Katherine T. Flynn‐O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5450-7278)
- Vanessa Niba
- Katie W. Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-7785)
- Peter F. Ehrlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6161-1815)
- Matt Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7778-5887)
- Kyle J. Van Arendonk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0367-0881)
- Harold J. Leraas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4556-1218)
- Benjamin E. Padilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3917-6049)
- Michael R. Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5215-3645)
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- University of North Carolina Health Care (US)
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- University of North Carolina Hospitals (US)
- Phoenix Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.70193
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49