Cost comparison study of two different follow-up protocols after surgery for oesophageal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2110-2115

  Polinder, Suzanne ^a   Verschuur, Els M L ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a,b   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Nurse led follow up; Oesophageal cancer; Oesophageal cancer surgery; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 67650932207     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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