High-Cost Patients and Preventable Spending: A Population-Based Study.

CONCLUSIONS: HC patients with cancer are a unique subpopulation. Given the type of care they receive, there seems to be limited scope to prevent acute care spending among this patient group. To reduce costs, other strategies, such as making hospital care more efficient and generating less costly encounters involving chemotherapy, should be explored.
PMID: 31910386 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - January 9, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J Natl Compr Canc Netw Source Type: research