NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2024
The Five Most Common Types of Cancer in Adults Aged 18 to 49 in 2023 Were Skin, Breast, Thyroid and Other Endocrine Glands, Digestive Organs and Female Genital Organs
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- From 2020 to 2023, cancer treatment rates (defined as the percentage of patients with cancer who received medical services in a given year out of all patients in a given age group who received medical services in that same year) increased in patients aged 18 to 49. The greatest increase was 11.7 percent in patients aged 18 to 29, followed by 7.5 percent in patients aged 40 to 49 and 7.2 percent in patients aged 30 to 39. By comparison, the increase in patients aged 50 to 59 was 5.5 percent. These and other findings are reported in a FAIR Health white paper released today: Cancer in Younger Adults: A Claims-Based Study.
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In this report, FAIR Health delves into its repository of over 49 billion commercial healthcare claim records, the nation's largest such database, to examine cancer trends in adults aged 18 to 49 during the period 2016-2023. This study focuses on cancer treatment rates by age over time, cancer treatment rates by state, types of cancer, treatment costs, cancer vaccine utilization rates,1 cancer screening utilization rates and provider specialties treating cancer patients. The key findings include the following:
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About FAIR HealthFAIR Health is a national, independent nonprofit organization that qualifies as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code. It is dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information through data products, consumer resources and health systems research support. FAIR Health possesses the nation's largest collection of commercial healthcare claims data, which includes over 49 billion claim records and is growing at a rate of over 3 billion claim records a year. FAIR Health licenses its commercial data and data products—including benchmark modules, data visualizations, custom analytics and market indices—to commercial insurers and self-insurers, employers, providers, hospitals and healthcare systems, government agencies, researchers and others. Certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national Qualified Entity, FAIR Health also receives data representing the experience of all individuals enrolled in traditional Medicare Parts A, B and D, which accounts for a separate collection of over 49 billion claim records; FAIR Health includes among the commercial claims data in its database, data on Medicare Advantage enrollees. FAIR Health can produce insightful analytic reports and data products based on combined Medicare and commercial claims data for government, providers, payors and other authorized users. FAIR Health's systems for processing and storing protected health information have earned HITRUST CSF certification and achieved AICPA SOC 2 Type 2 compliance by meeting the rigorous data security requirements of these standards. As a testament to the reliability and objectivity of FAIR Health data, the data have been incorporated in statutes and regulations around the country and designated as the official, neutral data source for a variety of state health programs, including workers' compensation and personal injury protection (PIP) programs. FAIR Health data serve as an official reference point in support of certain state balance billing laws that protect consumers against bills for surprise out-of-network and emergency services. FAIR Health also uses its database to power a free consumer website available in English and Spanish, which enables consumers to estimate and plan for their healthcare expenditures and offers a rich educational platform on health insurance. An English/Spanish mobile app offers the same educational platform in a concise format and links to the cost estimation tools. The website has been honored by the White House Summit on Smart Disclosure, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), URAC, the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, appPicker, Employee Benefit News and Kiplinger's Personal Finance. For more information on FAIR Health, visit fairhealth.org.
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1 Cancer vaccine utilization measures the number of patients who received a cancer-related vaccination in a given year out of the number of patients who received any medical services in that same year.2 The median is the midpoint of the distribution of values below and above which there is an equal number of values.3 An allowed amount is the total fee negotiated between an insurance plan and a provider for an in-network service, including both the portion to be paid by the plan member and the portion to be paid by the plan.4 The average is the value computed by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.5 "Cancer: Vaccines (Shots)," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 4, 2024, https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prevention/vaccination.html.
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