Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Description
For each individual, healthcare costs were monitored related to the date of diagnosis. Costs for outpatient care, inpatient care, number of days in hospital and medications were included. Costs were also calculated for the controls.
Other information available about the individuals in the cohort are age, sex, domicile, type of tumor and medication.
Purpose:
To study the health cost per individual in relation to mortality and comorbidity.
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Faculty of Medicine
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals in Scania diagnosed with cancer between year 2000-2007, and controls matched by age and sex.
Study design
Case-control study
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2000 – 2007
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Cancer and Oncology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Sjövall K, Attner B, Lithman T, Noreen D, Gunnars B, Thomé B, Olsson H. Influence on the health of the partner affected by tumor disease in the wife or husband based on a population-based register study of cancer in Sweden. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct 1;27(28):4781-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6788.
Sjövall K, Attner B, Lithman T, Noreen D, Olsson H. Prostate Cancer in the Pre and Post Diagnosis Phase – A Population Based Study on Health Care Costs. 2011. Epidemiol S1:001. doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.S1-001
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Attner B, Lithman T, Noreen D, Olsson H. Low cancer rates among patients with dementia in a population-based register study in Sweden. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2010;30(1):39-42. doi: 10.1159/000315509.
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Description
Dataset includes all cases (all individuals diagnosed with cancer between 2000-2007 in Scania).Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Number of individuals/objects
70000
Response rate/participation rate
100%
Description
Dataset includes the study controls (individuals matched by age and sex ) Also spouses to cancer patients were included in the control group.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Number of individuals/objects
165000