Federation of European Cancer Societies. Full report. Economic evaluation in cancer care: questions and answers on how to alleviate conflicts between rising needs and expectations and tightening budgets.
All Western countries have experienced a fast growth in their healthcare expenses over recent decades. It is expected that pressure for such growth will continue in the future. But spending an ever larger share of our nation's resources on healthcare cannot be afforded. As a consequence, making choices will become more and more inevitable, even in cancer care. Economic evaluation is a very supportive tool for such decisions. This position statement concludes with recommendations for providers and healthcare policy-makers, to safeguard and further improve good clinical decision making and healthcare policy in cancer care under tightening budgets.
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Department of Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
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D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care