Reduction in Physician Reimbursement and Use of Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer
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...1% in 2005 among low-risk prostate cancer patients.(24) In contrast with private practice, the Veterans Affairs system does not link drug usage to physician reimbursement incentives....
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...Comorbidity was classified using a modification of the Charlson comorbidity index for use with Medicare data (19,20)....
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...AST, delivered as a depot injection of luteinizing hormone– releasing hormone, is indicated for management of prostate cancer in two clinical situations, as palliative therapy in metastatic prostate cancer (6) or in combination with external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer (7), for which it has been shown to improve survival....
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...Comorbidity was classified using a modification of the Charlson comorbidity index for use with Medicare data (19,20)....
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