Current medical research and opinion
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Incidence, mortality and medical costs of patients hospitalized with melanoma in Spain: a retrospective multicentre observational study.
This study aimed to update and analyze the in-hospital incidence and in-hospital mortality of melanoma in Spain, to evaluate any temporal trends in both measures and to quantify the direct medical costs of specialized care that are associated to this malignancy. ⋯ The increasing in-hospital incidence of melanoma appeared to reverse in 2014, as did the increasing mortality rate measured in older males. The shift in melanoma in-hospital incidence could respond to the increasing trend to treat patients in primary care settings. Further studies will be required to confirm these trends in order to adapt the healthcare system.