Follow-up of prostate cancer patients by on-demand contacts with a specialist nurse a randomized study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-61

  Helgesen, Fred ^a   Andersson, Swen Olof ^a,b   Gustafsson, Ove ^c   Varenhorst, Eberhard ^d   Gobén, Birgitta ^a   Carnock, Susanne ^d   Sehlstedt, Lena ^c   Carlsson, Per ^b,e   Holmberg, Lars ^b,f   Johansson, Jan Erik ^a,b  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Follow up; Nurse; Outcome; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034092430     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655900750016904     Document Type: Article

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