This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...
Body composition (BC) assessment in cirrhosis has a wide variety of methods with no consensus on the best tools for each body component in patients with Liver Cirrhosis (LC). We aimed to conduct a ...
Financial Distress in Genitourinary Cancer: Insights From CDC National Health Interview Survey Stakeholder engagement, a review of the literature, and 2 years of CPC data collected in the cancer ...
Accurate assessment of performance status (PS) in oncology care is crucial for improving clinical decisions, therapy selection and anticipated risks of treatment toxicity. While physical function is ...
The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Impaired mobility and falls are common in adults older than 60 years of age. Falls are associated with an increased risk of ...
The risk of a fall is typically discussed with patients after they have experienced a fall or reported poor balance. For ...
Medical paternalism, where “doctors know best” and patient views and opinions are considered to be of lower importance, is viewed as increasingly unacceptable. We are in an age where patient-centred ...