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Mashup Score: 23The Price Is NOT Right: Payers’ Roles in Addressing Financial Toxicity | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
From an economic perspective, one of the fundamental features of a well-designed insurance plan is financial protection against catastrophic loss. 1 Yet, while the United States has the most expensive health insurance in the world, 2 health insurance in the United States offers less financial protection against catastrophic loss than public or private insurance plans in other markets. 3 The experience of cancer and the cost of cancer care rise to the le vel of a catastrophic event, and thus, patients
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Mashup Score: 8Participation in the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program - 1 month(s) ago
This cross-sectional study explores whether hospital participation in the Acute Hospital Care at Home program continued to increase following the extension of the program and the characteristics of participating hospitals.
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Mashup Score: 72Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care: Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here? Introduction to a Special Series | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
The first academic article using the term “financial toxicity” was published in 2013, 1 which catalyzed the growth of an emerging field of research and quality improvement efforts focused on addressing patient affordability concerns. Although previous research had begun to describe the financial burden experienced by patients with cancer and the exorbitant costs of cancer care, the seminal article from Zafar et al and the subsequent editorials from experts we now recognize as leaders in this field
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Mashup Score: 70Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care: Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here? Introduction to a Special Series | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
The first academic article using the term “financial toxicity” was published in 2013, 1 which catalyzed the growth of an emerging field of research and quality improvement efforts focused on addressing patient affordability concerns. Although previous research had begun to describe the financial burden experienced by patients with cancer and the exorbitant costs of cancer care, the seminal article from Zafar et al and the subsequent editorials from experts we now recognize as leaders in this field
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Mashup Score: 52Financial Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
With advances in cancer treatment, long-term survival rates have improved in recent decades, resulting in extended life expectancies for many patients. This progress brings substantial challenges, however, particularly in terms of the costs associated …#Financialtox in #gerionc: we discussed factors, interventions, knowledge gaps, and future research.
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Mashup Score: 67Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care: Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here? Introduction to a Special Series | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
The first academic article using the term “financial toxicity” was published in 2013, 1 which catalyzed the growth of an emerging field of research and quality improvement efforts focused on addressing patient affordability concerns. Although previous research had begun to describe the financial burden experienced by patients with cancer and the exorbitant costs of cancer care, the seminal article from Zafar et al and the subsequent editorials from experts we now recognize as leaders in this field
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Mashup Score: 61Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care: Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here? Introduction to a Special Series | JCO Oncology Practice - 1 month(s) ago
The first academic article using the term “financial toxicity” was published in 2013, 1 which catalyzed the growth of an emerging field of research and quality improvement efforts focused on addressing patient affordability concerns. Although previous research had begun to describe the financial burden experienced by patients with cancer and the exorbitant costs of cancer care, the seminal article from Zafar et al and the subsequent editorials from experts we now recognize as leaders in this field
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Mashup Score: 25
PURPOSENational Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines recommend initiating postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) within 6 weeks of surgery for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but delays affect 50% of patients, …
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Mashup Score: 18CT‐Based Body Composition and Frailty as Predictors of Survival Among Older Adults With Gastrointestinal Malignancies - 2 month(s) ago
Background Older adults with cancer are at an increased risk of treatment related toxicities and early death. Routinely collected clinico-demographic characteristics inadequately explain this increa…
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Mashup Score: 8Participation in the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program - 2 month(s) ago
This cross-sectional study explores whether hospital participation in the Acute Hospital Care at Home program continued to increase following the extension of the program and the characteristics of participating hospitals.
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