Medical Cost Trajectories and Onsets of Cancer and NonCancer Diseases in US Elderly Population

Time trajectories of medical costs-associated with onset of twelve aging-related cancer and chronic noncancer diseases were analyzed using the National Long-Term Care Survey data linked to Medicare Service Use files. A special procedure for selecting individuals with onset of each disease was develo...

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Main Authors: Igor Akushevich, Julia Kravchenko, Lucy Akushevich, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, Anatoliy I. Yashin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/857892