Analysis on the Demand and Influencing Factors of PICC Maintenance Service for Tumor Patients during Intermittent Chemotherapy

Abstract Background: The inappropriate use of medical resources and escalating health expenditures of severe diseases patients has been a great concern in China’s health system especially among terminal stage. This study aims to analyze how the resource allocation and hospitalization behavior affect the expenditures of terminal malignant tumor patients, and provide evidences on resource allocation and utilization. Methods: An analysis framework of influencing factors of medical expenses was built according to Andersen’s Behavioral Model. Hospitalization expenditures of malignant tumor patients who died in medical institutions were tracked in Shanghai in 2016. We use path analysis to analyze the influencing factors of hospitalization expenditures at terminal stage. Results: Results demonstrated that hospital services and expenditures during the terminal stage were primarily in tertiary hospitals. The top three influencing factors were length of stay, number of admissions and level of medical institutions. While the influence of demographic characteristics (age, gender, type of medical insurance, etc.) was relatively low. Conclusions: Data suggest that hospitalization expenditures and patients’ economic burden can be reduced through adjusting allocation of medical resources and service utilization, as well as reducing unnecessary hospitalization days.

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Research progress of EMT in Cancer Metastasis

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202124503049 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 245 ◽

pp. 03049

Author(s):

Ruoyun Du

Keyword(s):

Cancer Treatment ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

High Mortality ◽

Malignant Tumor ◽

Cancer Metastasis ◽

Research Progress ◽

Signal Pathways ◽

Tumor Patients ◽

Deadly Disease ◽

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Cancer is still a deadly disease that haunts people. Once there is a malignant tumor, patients need to receive a series of expensive, complex and painful treatments. Even so, cancer still causes high mortality, for its ability to easily metastasizing to other organs, without effective cures for any kind of cancer so far. Therefore, researchers have been trying to explore its mechanism and find ways to inhibit its development and discover new cure from various aspects. The latest research found that Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions (EMT) may be related to cancer, especially in the metastasis. It can be a breakthrough finding that render cancer a curable disease. In this paper, we systematically introduce the definition, classification, mechanism, influencing factors of EMT and its relationship with cancer metastasis and provide new angles and ideas for further exploring all levels of signal pathways and cancer treatment.

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