Age group-specific gap between treatment cost of and mortality due to breast and colorectal cancer [3]

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 4501-4502

  Boncz, Imre ^a   Sebestyén, Andor ^b   Pintér, István ^a   Betlehem, József ^a   Kriszbacher, Ildikó ^a   Csere, Tibor ^a   Mangel, László ^a   Bódis, József ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b National Health Insurance Fund Administration OEP   (Hungary)

^c Baranya County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUNGARY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35348901945     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.1243     Document Type: Letter

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