Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of cancer patient navigation programs: Conceptual and practical issues

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5394-5403

  Ramsey, Scott ^a   Whitley, Elizabeth ^b   Mears, Victoria Warren ^c   McKoy, June M ^d   Everhart, Rachel M ^b   Caswell, Robert J ^e   Fiscella, Kevin ^f   Hurd, Thelma C ^g   Battaglia, Tracy ^h   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ⁱ  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost effectiveness; Modeling; Navigator

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 72249086567     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24603     Document Type: Review

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