Prospective of Medical Cost for Breast Cancer for Sex and Age Group in Range 2012-2050: Case of Mexico

Dora E. Ledesma-Carrin, Lidia Hernndez-Hernndez, Mara Teresa Leonor Mucio-Porras

Abstract: Medical costs are calculated for breast cancer for all age groups of Mexican people and sex into range of 2012-2050. Probabilities of entrance or disease detection, permanence or in treatment and departure or death are calculated for each age group and sex. The maximum probabilities for each case are 0.0070 % (45-49), 0.01347 % (30-34) and 0.0043 % (85+), for male. Analogously, for female are 0.94575 % (45-49), 0.83105 % (40-44) and 0.1313 % (85+), respectively. The in treatment medical costs are not similarly between men and women. The maximum number of people in treatment is in (30-34) for male and (35-44) for female. The number of patients varies between 5 and 85+ years of age.

Keywords: medical costs, prospective, aging, health, breast cancer