Increased health care utilization among long-term cancer survivors compared to the average Dutch population: A population-based study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 871-877

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Helfenrath, Kazimier A ^a,b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,c   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^a  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Health care utilization; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Long term survivors; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34547130802     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22739     Document Type: Article

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