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Health care economics of cancer in the elderly
Author(s) -
Bailes Joseph S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19971001)80:7<1348::aid-cncr22>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary approach , cancer , revenue , palliative care , health care , intensive care medicine , family medicine , gerontology , nursing , economic growth , finance , social science , sociology , economics
Changing economic circumstances have brought increased pressure to bear on the traditional revenue sources of oncologists. Practice standards and settings are being challenged to generate cost savings both for third‐party payers and for oncology practices. Add to this the growing number of patients older than 65 years, and particularly older than 85 years, and the profession is facing a forced reconsideration of its approach to patient treatment. The current and future training of oncologists needs to incorporate both a multidisciplinary approach of cancer subspecialties and an enhanced ability to evaluate the use and cost‐effectiveness of new therapies, second‐line and third‐line therapies, and palliative treatments. Cancer 1997; 80:1348‐50. © 1997 American Cancer Society.