Financial and family burden associated with cancer treatment in Ontario, Canada

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1077-1085

  Longo, Christopher J ^b   Fitch, Margaret ^c,d   Deber, Raisa B ^a   Williams, A Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Financial burden; Out of pocket costs; Self administered questionnaire

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845403050     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0088-8     Document Type: Article

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