Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Singh J, Valero‐Elizondo J, Salami JA, Warraich HJ, Ogunmoroti O, Spatz ES, Desai N, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e007874. PMID: 29686026, PMCID: PMC6015292, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAbsence of ASCVDCancer patientsMedical Expenditure PanelCRF profileRepresentative US adult populationHealthcare expendituresCardiovascular risk profileRisk factor profileBurden of cancerMean annual costAnnual healthcare expendituresMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyUS adult populationLower medical expendituresYears of ageLower healthcare costsCardiovascular managementCardiovascular diseaseHigh prevalenceRepresentative adult sampleUS adultsTwo-part econometric modelHealthcare costsEconomic burden