Table 2.

Economic limitations of palliative radiation therapy

Intervention	Outcome
Dedicated rapid-access radiation therapy program that use advance practice practitioners	Decrease the time between referral for palliative radiation therapy consultation and treatment by streamlining referral process
Including single-fraction radiation therapy as a standard palliative treatment for patients with bone metastasis	Increase acceptance of single-fraction radiation therapy and decrease financial cost of therapy
Supporting use of concurrent care plans	Allows patients to receive palliative radiation therapy while also in hospice to combat the restricting per diem reimbursement model used by hospice