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Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care: Workshop Summary by National Cancer Policy Forum [Repost]
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Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care: Workshop Summary by National Cancer Policy Forum
English | Nov 13, 2009 | ISBN: 0309138140 | 165 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | Nov 13, 2009 | ISBN: 0309138140 | 165 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Unlike many other areas in health care, the practice of oncology presents unique challenges that make assessing and improving value especially complex. First, patients and professionals feel a well-justified sense of urgency to treat for cure, and if cure is not possible, to extend life and reduce the burden of disease. Second, treatments are often both life sparing and highly toxic.