CancerCostMOD

Australia's first model (called CancerCostMod) of out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure of patients with cancer using administrative data from Queensland Cancer Registry, for all individuals diagnosed with any cancer in Queensland between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012, linked to their Admitted Patient Data Collection, Emergency Department Information System, Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme records from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2015.The full methodology is available in the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below.This is an AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) approved data linkage/integration project - details under 2017 tab and heading: Quantifying cancer patient’s health service use and costs in Queensland (EO 2017/1/343)Data cannnot be shared as it is accessed through the custodian's remote data access facility. Please email the primary contact below for more information.