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. 2012 Dec;6(4):407-19.
doi: 10.1007/s11764-012-0221-2. Epub 2012 Jul 19.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) experiences with cancer survivorship supplement

K Robin Yabroff  1 , Emily Dowling, Juan Rodriguez, Donatus U Ekwueme, Helen Meissner, Anita Soni, Catherine Lerro, Gordon Willis, Laura P Forsythe, Laurel Borowski, Katherine S Virgo
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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) experiences with cancer survivorship supplement

K Robin Yabroff et al. J Cancer Surviv. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of cancer survivorship in the USA is expected to increase in the future because the US population is increasing in size and is aging and because survival following diagnosis is improving for many types of cancer. Medical care costs associated with cancer are also projected to increase dramatically. However, currently available data for estimating medical care costs and other important aspects of the burden of cancer, including time spent receiving medical care, productivity loss due to morbidity for patients and their families, and financial hardship, are limited, particularly in the population under the age of 65.

Methods: We describe selected publicly available data sources for estimating the burden of cancer in the USA and a new collaborative effort to improve the quality of these data: the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement.

Conclusions: Data from this effort can be used to address key gaps in cancer survivorship research related to medical care costs, employment patterns, financial hardship, and other aspects of the burden of illness for cancer survivors and their families.

Implications for cancer survivors: Research using the MEPS Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement can inform efforts by health care policy makers, healthcare systems, providers, and employers to improve the cancer survivorship experience in the USA.

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National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) overlapping panel design. Questions about cancer diagnosis (light blue) are completed in rounds 3 & 5 in all years MEPS Experiences with Cancer questionnaire (dark blue) will be completed by panel 15 round 5 and panel 16 round 3 * NHIS 2010 Cancer Control Supplement used to oversample households with cancer survivors for MEPS panel 16 (green box)
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement: oversampling households with cancer survivors
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement: survey participants
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