Integrated Prostate Cancer Centers and Over-Utilization of IMRT: A Close Look at Fee-for-Service Medicine in Radiation Oncology

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1285-1288

  Falit, Benjamin P ^a   Gross, Cary P ^a   Roberts, Kenneth B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROVIDER-SPONSORED ORGANIZATIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 77949552685     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.060     Document Type: Editorial

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