Increased health care utilisation among 10-year breast cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 436-443

  Van De Poll Franse, L V ^a   Mols, F ^a,b   Vingerhoets, A J J M ^b   Voogd, A C ^a,c   Roumen, R M H ^d   Coebergh, J W W ^a,e  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33646456335     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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