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NCI Materials
A number of studies have found that patient care costs for clinical trials are not appreciably higher than costs for patients not enrolled in trials. These findings discredit claims made by some insurance companies that paying for clinical trials will send their expenses skyward.
States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials
(Posted: 12/19/2002, Updated: 12/01/2008) - A searchable list and map of U.S. states that require health plans to pay for the patient care costs associated with clinical trials. Key provisions are summarized.
Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
(Reviewed: 05/19/2006) - This fact sheet covers types of clinical trials, who sponsors them, how they are conducted, how participants are protected, and who pays for the patient care costs associated with a clinical trial. Includes some questions to ask a health care provider before entering a clinical trial. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 2.11
Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage - A Resource Guide
(Posted: 12/30/1999, Updated: 01/30/2002) - A guide to information about insurance coverage of the patient care costs associated with clinical trials.
Cost of Treating Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials Just Slightly Higher
(Posted: 06/23/2003, Reviewed: 08/31/2005) - The most comprehensive study yet on the issue confirms that there are only slightly higher patient-care costs associated with treating patients in cancer clinical trials compared to treating similar patients outside of trials, according to the June 11, 2003, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Clinical Trials Appear Not to Drive Up Cost of Cancer Treatment
(Posted: 01/27/2003, Reviewed: 08/31/2005) - Some health insurers, concerned that participation in a clinical trial drives up the cost of cancer care, decline coverage to patients enrolled in cancer trials. However, the results of an April 2001 study by Thomas N. Chirikos, Ph.D. and others at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, offer no basis for such a policy.
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