One-year follow-up healthcare costs of patients diagnosed with skin cancer in Germany: a claims data analysis

• Main Authors: Christian Speckemeier (Author), Kathrin Pahmeier (Author), Pietro Trocchi (Author), Katrin Schuldt (Author), Hildegard Lax (Author), Michael Nonnemacher (Author), Patrik Dröge (Author), Andreas Stang (Author), Jürgen Wasem (Author), Silke Neusser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Routine skin cancer screening (SCS) is covered by the German statutory health insurance (SHI) since 2008. The objective of this study was to compare direct healthcare costs between patients in whom skin cancer was detected by routine SCS and patients in whom skin cancer was not d...