Determinants of cancer patients' utilization of hospital care within two years after diagnosis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 536-544

  Johansson, Birgitta B K ^a,b,c   Holmberg, Lars ^b   Berglund, I Gunilla ^c   Sjoden P O ^c   Glimelius, Bengt L G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4844222320     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860410015631     Document Type: Article

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