Treatment costs in Hodgkin's disease: A cost-utility analysis

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1510-1517

  Norum, J ^a   Angelsen, V ^b   Wist, E ^a   Olsen, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's disease; Quality adjusted life years; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MITOGUAZONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030217820     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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