Pathways and cost-effectiveness of routine lung cancer inpatient care in rural Anhui China: a retrospective cohort study protocol

摘要

IntroductionRoutine inpatient care (RIC) for patients with cancer forms various pathways of clinical procedures. Although most individual procedures comprising the pathways have been tested via clinical trials, little is known about the collective cost and effectiveness of the pathways as a whole. This study aims at exploring RIC pathways for patients with lung cancer from rural Anhui, China, and their determinants and economic impacts.