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Progression-free survival is commonly used as an alternative to overall survival (OS). In some cancers, PFS and OS are strictly related, but in others they are not. In a time trade off study in renal cancer, physicians rated PFS the most important aspect of treatment, while for patients it fell below fatigue, hand foot syndrome, and other ...
The major criticisms of the act involve the period of time allowed to transfer, and the ability of the ethics committee to make the final decision on whether continued care is considered futile. The act provides a 10-day period for the patient's family either to find another facility to accept the patient or to obtain a court injunction to ...
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
The evidence for harm to people who are deprived of sleep, or work irregular hours, is robust. Research from Europe and the United States on nonstandard work hours and sleep deprivation found that late-hour workers are subject to higher risks of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, miscarriage, preterm birth, and low birth weight of their newborns.
An attending physician statement (APS) is a report by a physician, hospital, or medical facility that has treated, or is currently treating, a person seeking insurance. [1] In traditional underwriting, an APS is one of the most frequently ordered additional sources of medical background information. The APS is one of the more expensive ...
Libby Zion (November 1965 – March 5, 1984) [6] [7] was a freshman at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.She took a prescribed MAOI antidepressant, phenelzine, daily. [8] [9] A hospital autopsy revealed traces of cocaine, but other later tests showed no traces.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services". [1]