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Treatment cost is a major determinant of value in a value-based healthcare system. The rapidly escalating costs of new cancer treatments threaten the sustainability of value-based cancer care.
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There’s no easy fix, says Taussig Cancer Institute Chairman Brian J. Bolwell, MD, FACP, of Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, but a start is greater collaboration among those with most at stake: healthcare providers, payers and the pharmaceutical industry.
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