Cancer claims increase : People are now becoming aware of the dangerous and deadly cancer. Last year, in 2024, cancer patients submitted the highest number of health insurance claims. Cancer patients are the first to do this. The number of claims filed by cancer patients after being admitted to hospital has increased by up to 12%.
After that, the main applicants are heart patients. The cost of treating these patients has also increased. Insurance companies have published figures on the number of people making claims for five different illnesses. Of these, claims related to respiratory illnesses have increased the most. Tell us what the statistics say…
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Cancer patients made the most insurance claims
MediaAssist Healthcare Services Company has collected this information. It acts as a third party for health insurance funds. This company handles claims for most hospitalization cases in the country. The company’s analysis shows that the claims rate in relation to the number of insured people in the event of cancer increased after the age of 40.
Women are more exposed to this disease
Dhruv Rastogi, Head of Data Science at MediAssist Health Services, informed that the rate of cancer among women is 1.2 to 1.5 times higher than that of men. At the same time, cardiac cases in men are 1.3-1.5 times higher than in women. Experts have advised everyone to improve their diet and lifestyle.
Treatment of this disease is more common in older people
According to this report, the elderly, i.e. people above 60 years of age, benefit from the maximum treatment for cataracts. In the treatment of respiratory diseases, the causes of high inflation are said to be pollution and the long-term effects of corona. Regarding the report, experts say that even though awareness has increased among people post-Covid, due to health negligence, stress, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases are increasing. You have to be careful about this.
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