Jeff Hunnicutt, Chief Executive Officer at Highlands Oncology Group, reshared a post by Michal Meiri,Co-Founder and CEO at Agamon Healtn, on LinkedIn:
“A key point from Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute in a new article on financial toxicity in cancer care:
Hospital outpatient oncology is dramatically more expensive than community practices. Patients often pay 2-3× more for the exact same infusion in a hospital setting due to facility fees and higher drug markups. Community oncology delivers high-quality care at far lower cost — reducing financial toxicity at the source.”
Title: The Role Of Utilizing Community Oncology Care To Decrease Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity
Authors: Lucio Gordan, H. H. Nivita Singh-Bulkan, Amanda Warner, Joshua Eaves, David Wenk, Matthew Fink, Ryan Ciarrocchi
You can read the full article in The Americal Journal of Public Health.
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