ArticleHealth services research2023
Comparing hospital costs and length of stay for cancer patients in New York State Comprehensive Cancer Centers versus nondesignated academic centers and community hospitals.
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- Real-World Evidence of Disproportionate Financial Toxicity and Health-Related Social Needs Among Adolescents and Young Adults Receiving Care at an NCI-Designated Cancer Center.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Observational
- Access to Specialty Cancer Care and Plan Disenrollment Among Medicare Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- A Hospitalist-Run Procedure Service Safely Streamlines Inpatient Intrathecal Chemotherapy.Cureus · 2026Article
- Costs, Demographics, and Causative Agents in Patients Hospitalized for Drug Induced Liver Injury: Trends in a Large Academic Healthcare System.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Impact of skilled nursing facility discharge on inpatient oncology quality outcomes.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2025Article
- Comparing hospital costs and length of stay for cancer patients in New York State Comprehensive Cancer Centers versus nondesignated academic centers and community hospitals.Health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore differences in costs and lengths of stay for cancer patients admitted to National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, nondesignated academic medical centers, and community hospitals in New York State. DATA SOURCES: We use patient-level data from the New York State Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System Hospital Inpatient Discharges dataset for the years 2017-2019. STUDY
designWe employ ordinary least squares and Poisson regressions to compare hospital costs and length of stay for cancer patients, controlling for hospital type, patient demographics, and patient health. Our key outcomes are differences in costs and lengths of stay. DATA COLLECTION: We use data on patient demographics, total treatment costs, and lengths of stay for patients discharged from New York hospitals with cancer-related diagnoses between 2017 and 2019. PRINCIPAL
findingsWe determine that inpatient costs were 27% higher (95% CI 0.252, 0.285), but length of stay was 12% shorter (95% CI -0.131, -0.100), in Comprehensive Cancer Centers relative to community hospitals.
conclusionsThe results imply that, in New York State, Comprehensive Cancer Centers are a magnet for more complex oncology cases and administer more expensive treatments. That expertise, however, seems to be responsible for more efficient care delivery and thorough discharge planning, allowing for shorter average lengths of stay.
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