Please follow the following links if you wish to visit websites related to brachytherapy:
Brachytherapy for patients
- About Brachytherapy – Website supported by Elekta with information about brachytherapy for patients
General brachytherapy
- European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
- American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
- American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
- Australasian Brachytherapy Group (ABG)
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
Prostate brachytherapy
Breast brachytherapy
Reimbursement websites
We strongly recommend that providers consult their payer organization with regard to local reimbursement policies. These links are provided for information purposes only and represents no statement, promise or guarantee concerning levels of reimbursement, payment or charge.
- Australia: http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/Home
- France: http://www.atih.sante.fr/couts-de-prise-en-charge-l-hopital-en-2012-en-mco (reference costs)
- France: http://www.atih.sante.fr/manuel-des-ghm-version-11b (DRG system = GHM)
- Germany: https://www.iqwig.de/en/home.2724.html (IQWiG)
- Germany: http://www.g-drg.de/cms/content/view/full/4406 (G-DRG)
- Italy: http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/temi/p2_6.jsp?lingua=italiano&id=1349&area=ricoveriOspedalieri&menu=sistema (information on DRG system)
- United Kingdom: https://www.nice.org.uk/ (guidelines and guidance)
- United Kingdom: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2580/HRG4-201314-Local-Payment-Grouper (HRG information)
- United States: cms.gov (Medicare)
Please contact us if you know of other sites which may be helpful and send a message to info@brachyacademy.com.
Disclaimer
Elekta provides links to external websites for information purposes only. Elekta does not control, nor can it accept responsibility for, the content of external websites. The addition of a link to an external website here should not be understood to be an endorsement of that website, its owner or its products, clinical claims or services.