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Cancer
Experts Weigh in on Controversial Issue of Determining Value of Cancer Care at NCCN Conference
April 4th, 2009
Oncology is an area of rapid growth, both in terms of technological innovation and costs in cancer care and treatment. Collectively, concerns about the balance between clinical benefit and escalating costs have been framed as questions of health care "value." At the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's 14th Annual Conference, Clifford Goodman, PhD, of the Lewin Group, led an engaging roundtable debating the definition, measurement, and application of value in oncology. Panel participants Stephen Edge, MD, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and Joseph Bailes, MD, of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, began by framing the concept of value in cancer care as a...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-04)
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