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December 9, 2025JAMA Network OpenOpen Access

Health Care Contact Days in Older Adults With Metastatic Cancer

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AGArjun GuptaSJShelley A. JazowskiAVAvirath U. Vaidya

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Cohort study reports increased health care contact days in older adults with metastatic cancers, suggesting treatment burdens and care inefficiencies.

Key Points

  • To assess trends in health care contact days among older adults diagnosed with common metastatic cancers.
  • Cohort study using the SEER-Medicare database
  • Included beneficiaries aged 66+ diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancers
  • Analyzed health care contact days within one year after diagnosis
  • Measured trends from 2008 to 2019 using regression models
  • Mean health care contact days increased from 40.1 to 62.9
  • Colorectal cancer patients had the highest mean contact days (62.9)
  • Ambulatory contact days rose significantly from 2016 onwards
  • Breast cancer showed the largest increase in contact days
  • Trends indicate possible treatment burdens and care inefficiencies.

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Gupta et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401d732d562116f28f92f5https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.47924
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