Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Institute Of Medicine Declares Cancer Care Crisis, Outlines Problems, Proposes Approaches

IOM Declares Cancer Care Crisis by David Pittman. MedPage Today.  September 10, 2013.

(1)  Among the problems in cancer care is a shrinking _______________.

(2)  Roughly _________ million Americans have had cancer and is expected to grow to __________ million by 2030.

(3)  Cost of cancer care is rising ___________ than other fields of medicine nearly _________ between 2004 and 2010.

(4)  According to the IOM committee decisions about care are not _______________.

(5)  Older adults with cancer present special needs such as ________________________.

(6)  Among the recommendations was a strategy to enusre that all individuals caring for cancer patients have appropriate ________________.

(7)  Another recommendation was the development of a common set of data elements that would _______________________________________.

(8)  Among the six components with formed the basis of the recommendations was translating _____________________.


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