Lifetime costs of colon and rectal cancer management in Canada

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Maroun, Jean ^a   Ng, Edward ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^b   Le Petit, Christel ^b   Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Flanagan, William M ^b   Walker, Hugh ^c   Evans, William K ^d  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Costing model; Direct care costs; Lifetime cost; Micro simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742266688     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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