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. 2013 May;9(3):116-8.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001017.

Does value mean quality? The payer's perspective

Jennifer L Malin  1
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Does value mean quality? The payer's perspective

Jennifer L Malin. J Oncol Pract. 2013 May.

Abstract

The author concludes that quality cancer care needs to be high-value care, and it is up to the clinicians who are actually providing cancer care to determine how best to achieve the desired outcomes for individual patients.

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