Costs and concentration of cancer care: Evidence for pancreatic, oesophageal and gastric cancers in National Health Service hospitals

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Bachmann, Max O ^a   Peters, Tim ^b   Harvey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

ENGLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALES; WORKLOAD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242584378     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581903321466030     Document Type: Article

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