Palliative treatment of colorectal cancer in Germany: cost of care and quality of life.

摘要: To estimate the costs of palliative care for colorectal cancer (CRC) from perspective German statutory health insurance and to measure patients’ quality life (QoL) a 2-year time period. A prospective observational multicentre study was carried out direct over Case report forms, medical records, claims data were all applied document resource usage in real-world settings. QoL measured by using Short Form-12 Health Survey. In total 101 patients (mean age 67.09 ± 11.13 years, 68 % male) 12 different settings included. The mean per patient during 1st 2nd years calculated be 42,361€ 32,023€, respectively. Highest second quarter, which reached an amount 12,900€ (95 % CI: 11,127€–14,673€). Mean physical summary scores mental 41.8 49.7, This is first assessing with CRC health-care delivery Germany. It could shown that treatment represents enormous economic burden system. Increased efforts promoting effective efficient options, or performance-based medication reimbursement schemes, might helpful reducing costs.