Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Chemo services at risk: doctors - The Australian



PRIVATE cancer doctors are warning chemotherapy services in up to 35 regions are "at risk" if a dispute between the federal government and pharmacists over drug dispensing costs is not resolved by the weekend.



Private hospitals and the government appear unlikely to reach an agreement by December 1 over the fallout from the decision to cut the price paid under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for Docetaxel, a chemotherapy drug, by more than 70 per cent.



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