Journal of Oncology Medicine & Practice

Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of maryland school of pharmacy, baltimore, MD, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Comparison of Healthcare Resource Utilization (HcRU) between Age Groups of Women Diagnosed with Gynecological Cancers in the U.S
  Author(s): Godwin Okoye*, Henry Antwi and Rachel vincent
  
  Objective: Previous studies have shown that older women are more likely to be diagnosed with gynecological cancers (GC) setting the precedent for more attention to be given to older women than younger women with GC. This study seeks to compare nationally representative healthcare use among younger women and older women diagnosed with gynecological cancer in the United States. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional repeated measures design was used to make comparisons between baseline characteristics of two age groups of women diagnosed with gynecological cancers. Data were extracted from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). A weighted sample of 2633569 responses who reported having at least one kind of GC was included from 2015 to 2018. GC was defined as those who reported having uterine, cervical, or ovarian canc.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2576-3857.2022.07.166

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