New challenges in psycho-oncology: Economic evaluation of psychosocial services in cancer: Challenges and best practice recommendations
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El-Saifi, Najwan
Chambers, Suzanne
Scuffham, Paul
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A substantial proportion of cancer patients experience heightened psychological distress that may include anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence, and cancer‐specific distress.1, 2 Improving psychological outcomes of cancer patients across the continuum of care (ie, from diagnosis to survivorship) is a key aspect of oncology care, and as such there is an increasing expectation and requirement that cancer care service providers assess and address patients' psychosocial needs.3 These services vary in complexity depending on the level of psychosocial support required, care setting, and resource availability.4 There is a large body of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of psychosocial care interventions in reducing depression and anxiety and improving quality of life of cancer patients.5-7 Nevertheless, and due to increasing health care costs, decision makers require evidence on the cost‐effectiveness (ie, value for money) of new services before they can make decisions to fund and implement them in practice. Economic evaluations are increasingly performed to generate evidence about the value for money of new health care interventions.
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PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
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28
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© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: New challenges in psycho‐oncology: Economic evaluation of psychosocial services in cancer: Challenges and best practice recommendations, Psycho-Oncology, Volume 28, Issue 1, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4933. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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Clinical sciences
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Psychology
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