Lung Cancer Health Care Costs WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Lung Cancer Health Care Costs
The cost of lung cancer healthcare is high. Expenses are higher in the first year because screening is not commonly used in detection of lung cancer. In 2004, lung cancer was one of the most expensive cancers to treat in the United States. 1
Fast Facts:
- In 2004, the average person spent about $24,700 for lung cancer treatment.1
- More than half of the costs for treating lung cancer is due to smoking.2
- Medical cost is approximately $5 billion a year.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cost Of Lung Cancer
- ↑ British Medical Journal: Over Half Of Costs Related To Lung Cancer Is Due To Smoking, Says US Study
- ↑ American Lung Association: Lung Disease Data At A Glance: Lung Cancer
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- Contributor: Matthew Jones
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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- Contributor: Matthew Jones
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Lung Cancer Costs, Lung Cancer Treatment Costs, Lung CA Treatment Costs, Treatment Costs of Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Health Care Cost, Lung Cancer Health Care Expenses, Lung Cancer Treatment Expenses, Lung Cancer HealthCare Costs
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
