He can see a doctor but has no insurance to cover
the costs of his chemotherapy or medication.
Expense incurred towards the purchase of medicines, blood, oxygen, anaesthesia, diagnostic and pathological tests, operation theatre charges,
cost of chemotherapy, dialysis, pacemaker, artificial limbs etc..
Not exact matches
«This translates to about $ 100,000,000 (a hundred million dollars) per annum foreign exchange drain, yet,
Chemotherapy cost is about 5 - 10 times the
cost of radiotherapy», he said.
Likewise there is a
cost associated with molecular testing and the question
of whether to wait for molecular results or start
chemotherapy immediately has led to complexity in treatment decision - making.
This
cost can be less than a single dose
of some immunotherapy and / or
chemotherapy drugs.
The model also included data for GEP test accuracy, the effectiveness
of chemotherapy, patient recurrence and survival rates, and
costs to patients and Medicare.
The study was an analysis
of data taken from the 2012 — 2013 Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (HCUP - NIS) that identified patient and hospital characteristics associated with
chemotherapy administration and death.
«The primary goal
of GEP testing is to identify patients at high recurrence risk who will benefit from
chemotherapy, while allowing patients with a low recurrence risk to forego
chemotherapy, potentially offsetting the test
costs with savings from reductions in
chemotherapy use,» wrote authors led by Young Chandler, PhD,
of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC.
«In that case a woman might need
chemotherapy, which involves longer period
of time and more side effects and out -
of - pocket
costs than, say, the surgery and maybe radiation she'd need for stage 1.»
Many
of our staff's pets have had to undergo these same procedures (and
costs) including kidney dialysis,
chemotherapy, and orthopedic surgery to name just a few.
With the rising
costs of pet insurance, which now include expensive procedures like sonograms, MRIs or
chemotherapy treatment, it's become increasingly important that consumers know their options.
We had to weigh the risk
of the lump growing rapidly and being itchy and painful, as mast cell tumors can do and potentially spreading internally, reducing not only his remaining lifespan, but the quality
of those remaining months or years, with the risks and
costs associated with surgery, and potential
chemotherapy.
For example, if your dog is diagnosed with a common canine cancer such as lymphoma, average treatment
costs for about six months
of chemotherapy can run between $ 6000 - $ 8000.
Clients are responsible for the
cost of diagnosis, amputation, and for the carboplatin
chemotherapy.
Expenses on Anaesthesia, Blood, Oxygen, Operation Theatre, Surgical Appliances, Medicines and Drugs, Diagnostic Materials and X-ray, Dialysis,
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy,
Cost of Pacemaker, Artificial Limbs,
Cost of transplantation
of Organs and similar expenses.
Anaesthesia Blood Oxygen Operation Theatre Charges Surgical appliances Medicines & Drugs Diagnostic Materials and X-ray Dialysis
Chemotherapy Radiotherapy
Cost of Peacemaker Artificial Limbs &
Cost of organs and similar expenses.
Generally, a cancer - specific insurance policy provides substantial cover for a whole range
of costs associated with the diagnosis and treatment
of cancer, including hospitalisation,
chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, etc..
Cancer insurance plans are comprehensive insurance policies that save you from paying an arm and a leg by providing coverage for cancer - related treatment, i.e. radiation, hospitalization, surgery,
chemotherapy, blood transfusion, nursing care and the
cost of prescribed medicine.
As a supplemental insurance policy, it reduces the out -
of - pocket
cost associated with cancer diagnosis and treatments that includes hospitalization, radiation,
chemotherapy, surgery, nursing care, blood transfusions and the
cost of the prescribed drugs.
The policy will cover all
costs associated with diagnosis and treatment
of cancer, including hospitalization, radiation,
chemotherapy and surgery, among others.
Cancer
of cure is not impossible with the latest technology use, but, the
cost of the cancer recovery treatment is so high that if we calculate the amount
of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and hospitalization
cost, then the total sum will be much more then the lifelong savings and earnings
of the common men.
The
cost involved in the treatment
of cancer and period
of recuperation when an individual has to undergo
chemotherapy is quite high.
Cost of oxygen, blood, operation theatre charges, medicines and drugs, x-ray, radiotherapy,
chemotherapy, artificial limbs etc
Met with patients to discuss coverage and benefits, explained to patient what their out
of pocket
cost for
chemotherapy is as well as their copay amounts.