Addressing Patients’ Priorities as a Strategy to Improve Value

The individual patient perspective is critical to inform assessments of value that drive treatment decisions. There are many elements that patients and providers must weigh, and novel decision support tools are needed to help patients clarify their preferences and goals for treatment and, ultimately...

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Published in:The oncologist (Dayton, Ohio) Ohio), 2016-11, Vol.21 (11), p.1279-1282
Main Authors: Wong, Yu‐Ning, Roach, Nancy, Meropol, Neal J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Value in Cancer Care
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Summary:The individual patient perspective is critical to inform assessments of value that drive treatment decisions. There are many elements that patients and providers must weigh, and novel decision support tools are needed to help patients clarify their preferences and goals for treatment and, ultimately, assess the value of therapeutic options.
ISSN:1083-7159
1549-490X
DOI:10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0184