Comparative costs of advanced proton and photon radiation therapies: Lessons from time-driven activity-based costing in head and neck cancer

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 297-301

  Thaker, Nikhil G ^a   Frank, Steven J ^a   Feeley, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT CARE; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PROTON THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939422819     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.15.32     Document Type: Review

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