Effects of cancer history and comorbid conditions on mortality and healthcare use among older cancer survivors

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2276-2284

  Seo, Pearl H ^a,b,c   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cancer survivorship; Comorbidity; Healthcare use; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7644241821     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20606     Document Type: Article

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