Analysis of hospitalization expenses and influencing factors for elderly cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in Dalian, China: a five‑year retrospective study.

Cancer type was dominated by colorectal, lung, breast and stomach cancers, with a cumulative percentage of 70.11% (Table 1 ). Analysis of the composition ratio of hospitalization costs of elderly patients with cancer in different years From 2016 to 2020, the average hospitalization costs of all elderly patients with cancer in tertiary hospitals showed a trend of first decreasing then increasing, and the highest hospitalization costs occurred in 2016 (RMB 38114.10).

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Results The hospitalization cost of elderly cancer patients showed a decreasing trend from 2016 to 2020.

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Therefore, the policy driver orientation is highly significant.

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Third, there was a significant difference in the cost of hospitalization for elderly cancer patients between different years, with a decreasing trend from 2016 to 2018 but an increasing trend in 2019 and 2020.

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