Adding Oncology Services
The demand for cancer treatment services is escalating, with the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that oncological procedures accounted for 3.58 million visits in 2006.1 Benign and malignant neoplasms also accounted for the second and third highest number of diagnoses for outpatient surgery visits that year.1 The National Cancer Institute also projects a 23 percent increase in cancer care by 2010.2 Three factors have driven this growth in outp
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