TY - BOOK ID - 14221530 TI - Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century : workshop summary AU - Balogh, Erin AU - Patlak, Margie AU - Nass, Sharyl J. AU - Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century (Workshop) AU - National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.) AU - Institute of Medicine (U.S.). PY - 2013 SN - 030926944X 0309269466 9780309269469 9780309269445 0309269490 PB - Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, DB - UniCat KW - Neoplasms - economics - United States. KW - Cancer KW - Medical care, Cost of KW - Medical care KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Costs and Cost Analysis KW - Clinical Medicine KW - North America KW - Publication Formats KW - Guidelines as Topic KW - Evidence-Based Practice KW - Diseases KW - Social Sciences KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Health Occupations KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Publication Characteristics KW - Americas KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care KW - Medicine KW - Health Care KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Geographic Locations KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Geographicals KW - Health Services Administration KW - Health Care Costs KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic KW - Economics KW - Congresses KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - United States KW - Neoplasms KW - Health Services KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Oncology KW - Treatment KW - Finance KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Health services KW - Healthcare KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - Public health UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14221530 AB - "Rising health care costs are a central fiscal challenge confronting the United States. National spending on health care currently accounts for 18 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), but is anticipated to increase to 25 percent of GDP by 2037. The Bipartisan Policy Center argues that "this rapid growth in health expenditures creates an unsustainable burden on America's economy, with far-reaching consequences". These consequences include crowding out many national priorities, including investments in education, infrastructure, and research; stagnation of employee wages; and decreased international competitiveness. In spite of health care costs that far exceed those of other countries, health outcomes in the United States are not considerably better. With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high-quality, affordable cancer care, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) National Cancer Policy Forum convened a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, October 8-9, 2012, in Washington, DC. Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century summarizes the workshop"-- ER -