Adherence to the American Society of Radiation Oncology Choosing Wisely Campaign Recommendations for Treatment of Bone Metastasis: Analysis of Medicare Data at 12 Centers in the Southeast US (SA527C)

An abstract of the study by Wallace et al understanding the adherence to the American Society of Radiation Oncology Choosing Wisely Campaign Recommendations for treatment of bone metastasis through Analyzing Medicare data at Centers in the Southeast US, is presented. Also noted the impact of patient...

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Published inJournal of pain and symptom management Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 408 - 409
Main Authors Wallace, Audrey, Williams, Courtney, MPH, Kvale, Elizabeth, MD, Jackson, Bradford, PhD, Pisu, Maria, PhD, Partridge, Edward, MD, Rocque, Gabrielle, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Elsevier Inc 01.02.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Bones
Campaigns
Medicare
Metastasis
Oncology
Pain Medicine
Palliative care
Patient compliance
Radiation
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Summary:An abstract of the study by Wallace et al understanding the adherence to the American Society of Radiation Oncology Choosing Wisely Campaign Recommendations for treatment of bone metastasis through Analyzing Medicare data at Centers in the Southeast US, is presented. Also noted the impact of patient, practitioner, and system on choice of duration of treatment. The research background, research objectives such as to analyze the palliative fractionation schemes of Medicare patients and methods are mentioned.
ISSN:0885-3924
1873-6513
DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.12.208