Journal article
BREAST CANCER: BETTER CARE FOR LESS COST
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the potential for cost reduction in the acute care setting and the required investment in the home care setting of implementing an outpatient/early discharge strategy for operable (stages I and II) breast cancer in Canada.
METHODS: Data from a community hospital were augmented by expert knowledge and incorporated into the breast cancer submodel of Statistics Canada's Population Health Model. For the estimated 90% of …
Authors
Evans WK; Will BP; Berthelot J-M; Logan DM; Mirsky DJ; Kelly N
Journal
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 16, No. 04, pp. 1168–1178
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
10 2000
DOI
10.1017/s0266462300103204
ISSN
0266-4623