Re: Cost of care for the elderly cancer patients in the United States

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1413-

  Balducci, Lodovico ^a   Tam McDevitt, Jennifer ^b   Hauser, Robert ^b   Simon, Jody ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Geriatric Oncology Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249086177     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn288     Document Type: Letter

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