Health Care Utilization From Chemotherapy-Related Adverse Events Among Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
RK Goyal,
Stephanie B. Wheeler,
Racquel E. Kohler,
Kristen Hassmiller Lich,
Ching-Ching Lin,
Katherine E. ReederHayes,
Anne-Marie Meyer,
Deborah K. Mayer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
north carolina medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2379-4313
pISSN - 0029-2559
DOI - 10.18043/ncm.75.4.231
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , medicaid , breast cancer , adverse effect , emergency medicine , health care , chemotherapy , observational study , cancer , psychiatry , economics , economic growth
Chemotherapy-related health care utilization by breast cancer patients can be expensive for payers and patients. This study evaluated the patient-centered medical home program Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) in terms of its potential to reduce health care utilization associated with chemotherapy-related adverse events (AEs).
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