Friday, March 19, 2010

Study evaluates costs and benefits associated with new colon cancer therapies

"Our estimate of the cost per quality-adjusted life year gained, $100,000, is below most estimates of the willingness to pay for a life-year. However, continuation of Medicare's open-ended coverage policy for new chemotherapeutic agents and other expensive technologies will prove difficult to sustain as costs for the program continue to rise."

Posted via web from Jack's posterous

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