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Subject(s)

• Cancer—Treatment—Economic aspects—Australia [Browse]
• Cancer—Patients—Medical care—Australia—Costs [Browse]
• Cancer—Australia—Statistics [Browse]
• Medical care, Cost of—Australia [Browse]

Related name

• Mathers, Colin [Browse]
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [Browse]

Series

• Health and welfare expenditure series ; no. 4. [More in this series]
• Health and welfare expenditure series, 1323-5850 ; no. 4 [More in this series]

Summary note

Cancer costs the Australian community almost $2 billion per year in direct health system costs, of which more than 80% are treatment costs. Cancer was responsible for 33,176 deaths in 1993-94, or 27% of all deaths in Australia. The cancer which contributes most to direct health system costs is non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Colorectal cancer is the second highest contributor to direct costs. Breast cancer ranks third in terms of direct costs. Lung cancer acocunts for the lagest number of cancer deaths and ranks fifth in terms of costs. The aim of this report is to provide the best possible estimates of the health system resources directed at the prevention and treatment of cancer to assist in understanding the allocation of resources among the population, across different health sectors, and different cancers. Such information will assist in considering a variety of equity, access and utilisation issues in relation to the use of scarce health care resources.

Notes

"AIHW cat. no. HWE8"--T.p.

Bibliographic references

Bibliography: p. 29.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methodology
• Data sources
• Health sectors
• Treatment and prevention
• Classification of cancers
• Disease impact
• Limitations
• 3. Cancer costs in 1993-94
• Overview: cancer and other diseases
• The ten most expensive cancers
• 4. Most expensive cancers for males and females at various ages
• The ten most expensive cancers for males and females
• Health system costs of cancer by age and sex
• The five most costly cancers: persons 0-24 years
• The five most costly cancers: persons 25-44 years
• The five most costly cancers: persons 45-64 years
• The five most costly cancers: persons 65 years and over
• 5. Estimated average lifetime costs of cancer
• 6. Conclusions
• Health system costs of cancer in Australia
• Improving the reliability of cancer costing
• Appendices
• Appendix A. Classification of health expenditure by cancer site
• Appendix B. Disease costing methodology
• Appendix C. Health system expenditure by cancer site 1993-94.

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ISBN

0642247803

OCLC

40498976

RCP

H - S

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