Tag Archives: breast cancer

Care experiences among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer: A cross-study overview of published results to date from SEER-CAHPS

By | February 5, 2020
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Medicare beneficiaries who have cancer are a growing population with unique care needs. Population-based research examining relationships between cancer patient experiences, health care utilization, and subsequent patient health outcomes is lacking. A recently updated data resource called SEER-CAHPS links cancer registry data with Medicare information and patient surveys. It provides a comprehensive, nationally representative source… Read More »

The cost of a box of hope

By | April 2, 2018
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There’s a box on my mom’s desk. It’s smaller than a shoe box, and unremarkable unless you know what’s in it, how it got there and why it represents several important things that are wrong with how we treat people with terminal cancer. The box contains 28 doses of two drugs, or one “cycle” of… Read More »

How did Part D affect mortality among women with breast cancer?

By | February 27, 2017
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Ten years ago, Medicare began publicly financing and subsidizing the prescription drug program for seniors known as Part D. Individuals over age 65 with incomes below poverty are dually eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, and full-benefit dual enrollees are automatically enrolled in a subsidized prescription drug plan with minimal co-payments. Turns out, this policy intervention may have played… Read More »