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Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
National Cancer Institute Economic Conference, the Integration of Economic Outcome Measures Into NCI-Sponsored Therapeutic Trials
Author: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Cancer Policy: Research and Methods
Author: C.L. BennettPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 058530498X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Policy and outcome studies represent a new area of research in oncology. Understanding the factors that affect quality of life, costs of care, patterns of care, and outcomes in oncology is important to providing comprehensive care. Health services is meant to be both a productive area of research as well as a discipline that improves patient decision making. In sum, Cancer Policy highlights some of the important areas of health services research in oncology.
Health Care Resources Catalog
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Category : Government information
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and MedicinePublisher:
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Category : Cost effectiveness
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology, Second Edition
Author: Lodovico BalducciPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1841842966
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1610
Book Description
The prevention and treatment of cancer in older patients requires an individualized approach, as age causes unpredictable results from patient to patient. Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology enables clinicians to choose the best possible cancer care. Highlighting newly emerging issues in geriatric oncology, it helps physicians promote cancer prevention. Like its groundbreaking, bestselling predecessor, this new edition exhaustively reviews the biology of cancer and aging, epidemiologic trends, and clinical trials that concern cancer prevention and treatment in the elderly. New chapters contain material on topics such as assessment, fragility, symptom management, and emergencies, and studies the effectiveness of training programs in geriatric oncology. The book addresses issues of healthcare delivery, including cost and evaluation of utility and outcome, suggests new research approaches, reviews existing guidelines for the prevention and treatment of cancer in the elderly, and more. Providing a frame of reference for the ongoing dialogue in the field of geriatric oncology, this is a major reference work for basic, population, and clinical scientists interested in the issue and for practices ministering to older patients.
Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
Author: Marthe R. GoldPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195108248
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Cost-effectiveness in health and medicine presents a consensus of experts on appropriate methods for standardizing the conduct of CEAs for use in policy arenas. Standardization is of particular importance for CEA, because it allows comparisons of the costs and health outcomes of alternative methods of improving health, such as public health programs and medical technologies. The book provides a detailed discussion of the theoretical background underlying areas of controversy, and uses theory to guide explicit recommendations for study conduct.
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research
Author: John I. GallinPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 008053953X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research is a comprehensive text which addresses the theoretical and practical issues involved in conducting clinical research. This book is divided into three parts: ethical, regulatory, and legal issues; biostatistics and epidemiology; technology transfer, protocol development and funding. It is designed to fill a void in clinical research education and provides the necessary fundamentals for clinical investigators. It should be of particular benefit to all individuals engaged in clinical research, whether as physician or dental investigators, Ph.D. basic scientists, or members of the allied health professions, as well as both students and those actively participating in clinical research.Key Features* Comprehensive review ranging from a historical perspective to the current ethical, legal and social issues and an introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology * Practical guide to writing a protocol, getting funding for clinical research, preparing images for publication and display* Cohesive and clear presentation by authors carefully selected to teach a very popular course at NIH* Excellent companion text for courses on clinical research