Publications by authors named "Kyle Snell"
Article Synopsis
- People diagnosed with cancer are much more likely to go bankrupt compared to those who don't have cancer.
- Cancer patients under 65 years old are even more at risk of bankruptcy than older cancer patients, showing that older people have some help from programs like Medicare.
- The study suggests that employers and governments should create programs to help people pay medical bills after being diagnosed with cancer.
Aims: This paper describes our process to engage regional stakeholders for prioritizing comparative effectiveness research (CER) in cancer diagnostics. We also describe a novel methodology for incorporating stakeholder data and input to inform the objectives of selected CER studies.
Materials & Methods: As an integrated component to establishing the infrastructure for community-based CER on diagnostic technologies, we have assembled a regional stakeholder group composed of local payers, clinicians and state healthcare representatives to not only identify and prioritize CER topics most important to the western Washington State region, but also to inform the study design of selected research areas.