Outcomes and charges of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 850-857

  Katz, Laura M ^a   Howell, Jamie B ^b   Doyle, John J ^a   Stern, Lee S ^a   Rosenblatt, Lisa C ^a   Piech, Catherine Tak ^b   Zilberberg, Marya D ^b  

^a Global Health Outcomes   (United States)

^b Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Costs and cost analysis; Leukemia, myelocytic, acute drug therapy; Leukemia, myelocytic, acute economics; Leukemia, myeloid mortality

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750587196     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20683     Document Type: Article

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