What drives variation in spending for breast cancer patients within geographic regions?

Anna D SinaikoAlyna T ChienMichael J HassettPragya KakaniDanielle RodinDavid J MeyersBelen FraileMeredith B RosenthalMary Beth Landrum

Published in: Health services research (2018)

Similar patients receive very different treatments, which yield significant differences in spending. Efforts to reduce unwanted variation may need to target treatment choices within patient-doctor discussions.

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