2017
DOI: 10.1200/edbk_175442
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Improving Quality and Value of Cancer Care for Older Adults

Abstract: The concepts of quality and value have become ubiquitous in discussions about health care, including cancer care. Despite their prominence, these concepts remain difficult to encapsulate, with multiple definitions and frameworks emerging over the past few decades. Defining quality and value for the care of older adults with cancer can be particularly challenging. Older adults are heterogeneous and often excluded from clinical trials, severely limiting generalizable data for this population. Moreover, many fram… Show more

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“…[16][17][18][19] Therefore, especially with the increased adoptions of bundled payment models, the hiring of dedicated staff to support the GA can be justified from a financial standpoint because of the expected drop in expenditure. 50 Figure 1 depicts a potential workflow and the additional time needed for the different components of the GA.…”
Section: Strategies For Programmatic Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[16][17][18][19] Therefore, especially with the increased adoptions of bundled payment models, the hiring of dedicated staff to support the GA can be justified from a financial standpoint because of the expected drop in expenditure. 50 Figure 1 depicts a potential workflow and the additional time needed for the different components of the GA.…”
Section: Strategies For Programmatic Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Focusing on cancer care, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network in the United States has elaborated a list of quality measures for endorsement [3]. Many of these goals are certainly part of daily management by medical oncology providers in Switzerland, but there is a lack of universally accepted definitions, methods, and ways to measure and report them to the public [4,5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%