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Breast Cancer
Reports summarize breast cancer study results from Johns Hopkins University
September 25th, 2008
"This paper is a report of a study to explore women's perceptions of and experiences with breast cancer treatment decision-making in managed care organizations (MCOs). Managed care organizations are the predominant form of employer-sponsored healthcare insurance in the United States of America," researchers in the United States report. "These healthcare financing entities minimize cost by streamlining healthcare delivery and may impose choice restrictions. The extent of these restrictions has not previously been studied from an in-depth patient perspective. A qualitative descriptive approach was adopted using interviews with a purposive sample of 14 managed care...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-25)
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