Functional impairment and the economic consequences of female breast cancer

Women and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-20

  Chirikos, Thomas N ^a   Russell Jacobs, Anita ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost of illness; Functional disability; Health related quality of life surveys; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALARY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036038427     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v36n01_01     Document Type: Article

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