Oral cancer treatment costs in Greece and the effect of advanced disease

BMC Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Zavras, Athanasios ^a   Andreopoulos, Nikos ^a   Katsikeris, Nikos ^a   Zavras, Dimitrios ^a   Cartsos, Vassiliki ^a   Vamvakidis, Athanasios ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 3342889447     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-12     Document Type: Article

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