Does hospital discharge policy influence sick-leave patterns in the case of female breast cancer?

Health Policy

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Lindqvist, Rikard ^a   Stenbeck, Magnus ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hospital length of stay; Sick absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 14844297007     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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