how much money does a medical bill cost to treat lung cancer for one person?
Jun 22, 2010 in
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I am writing a paper on smoking and i need to know how much does it cost to treat lung cancer or other smoke related cancers or diseases. An average would be helpful. Thanks!
And also any good links or sources that you found it from, so i could add it to my bibliography for my paper on smoking. Once again Thanks!
please take this seriously don’t just put an amount
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10 comments
TerryT on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
1)
In the study, Yabroff’s team collected data on 306,709 men and women aged 65 and older diagnosed with breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer between 1991 and 2002. These data were taken from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER) Medicare database.
The researchers compared costs of initial cancer treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other hospitalization. In 2002, the total cost in the United States for initial cancer care was $6.7 billion.
Over the course of the study, the average cost for treating a lung cancer patient went up $7,139, to an average of $39,891.
2)
Patients who survive through the year incur the costs of initial treatment ($26,042) during the first three months, and then incur nine months’ worth of maintenance care costs (0.75 × $11,325 = $8,494) during the remainder of the year. The total cost incurred during the first year by those patients who survive the year is therefore $26,042 + $8,493 = $34,535.
Lung cancer patients who die of lung cancer during the first year incur the initial treatment cost and then incur terminal care costs for the remaining three months of their lives (because those who die are assumed to die midyear). Total costs during the first year post-diagnosis in this case are therefore $26,042 + (0.5 × $30,112) = $41,098.
3)
60% of the direct health care costs in the US go to treat tobacco related illnesses
20 % or 1 in 5 of all deaths in the US are attributable to smoking. Smokers have a 70% higher death rate than nonsmokers
Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fires and aids combined.
Tobacco kills more people each year than losses from WW I, Korea and Vietnam combined, approximately equal to WW II losses
Deaths from smoking 1990:
cardiovascular diseases…179,820
lung cancer……………119,920
other cancers………….31,402
respiratory diseases……84,475
total…………………415,597
The medical costs for the treatment of smoking related diseases strains hospitals and private and publically funded insurance providers.
Smokers miss more days of work than non-smokers which results in costs to society from work absenteeism …
Other costs are related to decreased work productivity due to chronic smoke related illnesses and impairments, and eorkers taking time away from work for smoke breaks…
Society assumes costs for the care of burn victims…25% of residential fires are caused by smokers…
Direct property damage costs from fires caused by smokers are also a big cost to society
Society assumes the cost of smoking cessation campaigns and prevention strategies
Tinsley M on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
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grape_love8 on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
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Cost of Lung Cancer
The financial costs of lung cancer are high. One study estimated that the cost of treating lung cancer in the United States in 2004 was about $9.6 billion per year (see Costs of Cancer Care). This made it one of the most expensive cancers to treat in the country.
El King on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
I don’t know for sure, but I’d imagine way into the thousands.
Inez on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
Go to http://www.knowthecause.com
ejabarnes on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
Medical treatment is free where I live.
It costs NHS milllions though.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/smoking/86599.stm
Dr. L on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
here is the web site that can answer your question….
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=90160
Cappy on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
Enough to put an uninsured person into bankruptcy.
inthesynapse on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
hope this helps but i was in the hospital for four days, and without insurance being on morphine, steroids and a really strong antibitoic for a bacterial infection and mono i ran up at 10,000 dollar bill. from just four days…
cancer requires a lot of different treatments.. extensive, expensive things. i wouldnt even know where to begn.
Phil of the Future on June 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
An estimated half a million dollars in needed to treat or replace a lung.