An interrupted time series-based study of medical expenses for breast cancer day chemotherapy
10.3969/j.issn.1673-9701.2024.28.012
- VernacularTitle:基于中断时间序列的乳腺癌日间化疗医疗费用分析
- Author:
Min ZHAO
1
;
Guangming HUANG
;
Chenglong HUANG
;
Siyan CHEN
;
Hongliang ZHANG
Author Information
1. 广西医科大学第一附属医院药学部,广西南宁 530021
- Keywords:
Day chemotherapy;
Interrupted time series;
Breast cancer;
Medical expenses
- From:
China Modern Doctor
2024;62(28):59-62
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of day chemotherapy on medical expenses of breast cancer patients.Methods The medical expenses of breast cancer patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical Universtiy from January 2019 to September 2023 were retrospectively investigated.Interrupted time series analysis was used to analyze the changes and trend of medical expenses and expenses structure of breast cancer before and after the implementation of day chemotherapy.Results The number of 8066 cases with breast cancer were included in this study.After day chemotherapy,the total expenses and each expense detail decreased significantly(P＜0.001).The total expenses,medicine expense,examination expenses and other expenses showed an upward trend before implementation of day chemotherapy(P＜0.05),the laboratory expenses showed a downward trend before implementation of day chemotherapy(P＜0.001).The total medical expenses decreased by 7306.34 yuan immediately after the implementation of day chemotherapy.The expenses of laboratory test,treatment,examination,nursing,medicine,health materials and other expenses were decreased by 599.59 yuan,1674.34 yuan,1470.66 yuan,91.37 yuan,3473.91 yuan,231.51 yuan and 436.73 yuan,respectively.Conclusion The implementation of day chemotherapy for breast cancer has significantly reduced all kinds of costs,which is conductive to reducing disease burden of patients.
