Home chemotherapy for cancer patients: Cost analysis and safety

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 184-187

  Lowenthal, Raymond M ^a,b   Piaszczyk, Anne ^a   Arthur, Gillian E ^c   O'Malley, Sue ^d  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d AMGEN Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; INTERFERON; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029742503     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124921.x     Document Type: Article

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