Bender Eric
Manag Care. 2018 May;27(5):18-22.
The drugs often are more effective and have fewer side effects. The science-often just amazing. Medically, cancer treatment has never been in a better place. But are high prices making it unaffordable? Payers, providers, policymakers, and drugmakers themselves are wrestling with the issue. Meanwhile, many patients are being priced out of treatments that could save their lives.
这些药物通常更有效且副作用更少。科学——往往令人惊叹。从医学角度来看,癌症治疗从未处于如此良好的状态。但高昂的价格是否使其变得难以承受呢?支付方、医疗服务提供者、政策制定者以及制药商自身都在努力应对这个问题。与此同时,许多患者因价格过高而无法获得可能挽救他们生命的治疗。