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Is "worth it" to travel to a specialty cancer to receive #cancer treatment?
A consistenthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âť“" title="Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol">from health economics professionals:
How can PPS exempt cancer centers justify charging higher prices?
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Is "worth it" to travel to a specialty cancer to receive #cancer treatment?
A consistent
How can PPS exempt cancer centers justify charging higher prices?
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2451426">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/...
from patients:Is "worth it" to travel to a specialty cancer to receive #cancer treatment?A consistent https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âť“" title="Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol">from health economics professionals: How can PPS exempt cancer centers justify charging higher prices? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/..." title="A consistent https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âť“" title="Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol">from patients:Is "worth it" to travel to a specialty cancer to receive #cancer treatment?A consistent https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âť“" title="Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol">from health economics professionals: How can PPS exempt cancer centers justify charging higher prices? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Overall the data can be mixed. The 2015 study showed a measurable survival increase from communityhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">academichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">NCIhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">PPS exempt. A 2019 @JAMAInternalMed study showed no differences in mortality for surgical candidates compared to NCI centers. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2735987">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/...
There is specific #financialtoxicity related to specialty cancer care. Less than half of #ACA plans had "in-network" access to an NCI cancer center. The travel burden for gas, hotels, PARKING, for some patients is insurmountable. https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2016.69.9835?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed">https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.12...
I often wonder if cancer outcome might frankly be driven MORE by the type of insurance you have and the uncaptured socioeconomic differences that brought you to seek care at a specialty cancer center than the "improved" cancer care that you receive here. https://journals.lww.com/amjclinicaloncology/Fulltext/2008/04000/Impact_of_Treatment_and_Socioeconomic_Status_on.3.aspx">https://journals.lww.com/amjclinic...
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