Measuring Quality in a Shifting Payment Landscape: Implications for Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America (Volume 27-4) (The Clinics: Surgery, Volume 27-4)

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Caprice C. Greenberg and Daniel E. Abbott are devoted to Measuring Quality in a Shifting Payment Landscape: Implications for Surgical Oncology.  Drs. Caprice C. Greenberg and Daniel E. Abbott have assembled expert authors to review the following topics:

•  Implications of the Affordable Care Act on Surgery and Cancer Care
• Repealing the Affordable Care Act and Implications for Cancer Care
• Quality Measurement and Pay for Performance
• Surgical Collaboratives for Quality Improvement
• Big Data and Cancer Care; Cancer Care Delivery Research
• Engaging Stakeholders and Patient Partners; Beyond Morbidity and Mortality - Outcomes that Matter to Patients; Regionalization and its Alternatives
• The Economics of the End of Life: Power of Attorney, Palliative Care, and Utilization of Hospice
•  The Accountable Care Organization for Surgical Care, and more!