A Retrospective Analysis of Health Care Costs for Bone Fractures in Women with Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-517

  Zhou, Zhiyuang ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^b   Johnell, Olof ^c   Willke, Richard J ^a   Massimini, Giorgio ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Pharmacia Corporation   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Breast carcinoma; Cost consequence analysis; Excess long term care cost; Excess treatment cost

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642453605     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11917     Document Type: Article

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