Trends in utilization and Medicare spending on short-course radiation therapy for breast and prostate cancer: An episode-based analysis from 2015 to 2019

TA Patel, B Jain, N Vapiwala, F Chino… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Evidence supports the value of shorter, similarly efficacious, and potentially more
cost-effective hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) regimens in many clinical scenarios …

The RO-APM: the wrong solution to the wrong problem

BY James - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology …, 2022 - redjournal.org
Imagine back to 1998. Bill Clinton is president, and Michael Jordan has just hit his iconic
“last jumper” to help the Bulls win a sixth NBA championship over the Utah Jazz. Five years …

Estimation of patient out-of-pocket cost for radiation therapy by insurance type and treatment modality

LW Chen, Y Cao, K D'Rummo, X Shen - Practical Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Financial toxicity is increasingly identified as an important issue in cancer care.
Limited data are available on direct out of pocket (OOP) costs for radiation therapy, which …

Public health and cancer: an overview

EC Dee, R Jagsi, DW Kim, MB Lam - Translational Radiation Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Public health is defined as efforts that “[promote] and [protect] the health of people and the
communities where they live, learn, work and play.” Public health impacts health outcomes …

[引用][C] Perspectives and Impacts of the Pending US Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model

C Shah, JC Ward - JCO Oncology Practice, 2021 - ascopubs.org
As guest editors, it is our pleasure to introduce the JCO Oncology Practice special edition
focusing on the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (ROAPM). Health care costs …