Low-value care and excess out-of-pocket expenditure among older adults with incident cancer - A machine learning approach.

Journal: Journal of cancer policy
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of low-value care with excess out-of-pocket expenditure among older adults diagnosed with incident breast, prostate, colorectal cancers, and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Authors

  • Chibuzo Iloabuchi
    Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center [North], P.O. Box 9510, Morgantown, WV, 26506-9510, USA. Electronic address: coi0001@mix.wvu.edu.
  • Nilanjana Dwibedi
    Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center [North], P.O. Box 9510, Morgantown, WV, 26506-9510, USA. Electronic address: nidwibedi@hsc.wvu.edu.
  • Traci LeMasters
    Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center [North], P.O. Box 9510, Morgantown, WV, 26506-9510, USA. Electronic address: traci.lemasters@hsc.wvu.edu.
  • Chan Shen
    Division of Outcomes Research and Quality, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: cshen@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
  • Amit Ladani
    Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, West Virginia University Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA. Electronic address: amit.ladani@hsc.wvu.edu.
  • Usha Sambamoorthi
    Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, "Vashisht" Professor of Disparities, Health Education, Awareness & Research in Disparities (HEARD) Scholar, Texas Center for Health Disparities, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA. Electronic address: usha.sambamoorthi@unthsc.edu.