UNMC College of Nursing-Continuing Nursing Education
Program # 09CE036 The Oncology Nurse Journal March/April 2009: Reimbursement for Expensive Cancer Therapies: The Role of Cost-effectiveness Analysis
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, and other interested healthcare professionals, especially those caring for cancer patients.
PROGRAM GOAL:
To educate oncology nurses about the role of cost-effectiveness analysis in the United States, Canada and the UK for newer, more expensive cancer therapies and how it influences patient treatment.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this program, the participant should be better able to:
Describe the types of cost analyses used in making decisions about reimbursement for cancer drugs.
Explain the role of cost-effectiveness in reimbursement decisions in the United States compared with the United Kingdom and Canada.
Provide an example of how cost-effectiveness analysis may affect decisions about coverage of a new cancer therapy.
To complete this activity for Continuing Education credit, please follow these two steps:
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PROGRAM EXPIRATION:
Participants completing this program online will be able to receive credit through April 14, 2010. For questions, please e-mail concne@unmc.edu.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is provided for 1.0 contact hour under ANCC criteria. Provided for 1.2 contact hours under Iowa Provider #78. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13699 for 1.2 contact hours.
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