Alex K Bryant, Jacqueline R Lewy, R Daniel Bressler, Zoey Chopra, Derek J Gyori, Brian G Bazzell, Julie A Moeller, Sofia I Jacobson, A Mark Fendrick, Eve A Kerr, Nithya Ramnath, Michael D Green, Timothy P Hofer, Parth Vaishnav, Garth W Strohbehn
BACKGROUND: Health care is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, leading to climate change and public health harms. Changes are needed to improve the environmental sustainability of health-care practices, but such changes should not sacrifice patient outcomes or financial sustainability. Alternative dosing strategies that reduce the frequency with which specialty drugs are administered, without sacrificing patient outcomes, are an attractive possibility for improving environmental sustainability...
June 2024: Lancet Oncology