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Jan 1, 2010

How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns of Treatment

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act reduced payment for certain chemotherapy drugs. The changes increased the likelihood that lung cancer patients received chemotherapy, but physicians switched to other high margin drugs.
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May 1, 2009

Discussions with Physicians About Hospice Among Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer

Discussing hospice with a health care provider could increase awareness of hospice and possibly result in earlier use.
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Jan 1, 2009

Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment

Evaluates the relationship of sex and race with the receipt of timely and clinically appropriate non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment for each stage of diagnosis using Surveillance Epidemiology and End Result data linked to Medicare claims for beneficiaries diagnosed with NSCLC between 1995 and 1999 while controlling for other demographic characteristics, comorbidities, socioeconomic status, and provider supply.
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Jan 1, 2008

An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Ways in which the assistance and resources provided by Edison as well as accountability mechanisms have translated into principal and teacher actions.
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Jan 1, 2000

Dying with Cancer: Patients' Function, Symptoms, and Care Preferences as Death Approaches

To characterize the dying experience of patients with cancer over the last 6 months of life.
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Jan 1, 2000

Dying with Lung Cancer or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from SUPPORT

In caring for patients with severe COPD, consideration should be given to implementing palliative treatments more aggressively.
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Jan 1, 1998

Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences

Tests the hypothesis that among terminally ill cancer patients an accurate understanding of prognosis is associated with a preference for therapy that focuses on comfort over attempts at life extension.

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How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns of Treatment

Discussions with Physicians About Hospice Among Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer

Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment

An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Dying with Cancer: Patients' Function, Symptoms, and Care Preferences as Death Approaches

Dying with Lung Cancer or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from SUPPORT

Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences

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How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns of Treatment

Discussions with Physicians About Hospice Among Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer

Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment

An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Dying with Cancer: Patients' Function, Symptoms, and Care Preferences as Death Approaches

Dying with Lung Cancer or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from SUPPORT

Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Predictions of Prognosis and Their Treatment Preferences

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