«In a time of increased scrutiny
of healthcare utilization, including aggressive measures during end - of - life care, we found that for chemotherapy administration for DLBCL is largely appropriate and given to patients who do not die during the same hospitalization,» the authors wrote.
But they'll pay a far lower percentage of total costs for a healthy enrollee with very
little healthcare utilization, while they'll end up paying far more than 70 percent of total costs for a very sick enrollee who racks up a million dollars in claims.
Practitioners in the experimental group received monthly patient summary reports that consisted of pain, mood, activity levels,
healthcare utilization, and results of an opioid compliance checklist.