The working patient with cancer: Implications for payers and employers

American Health and Drug Benefits

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 168-173

  Lawless, Grant D ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRODUCTIVITY; TREND STUDY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77953401138     PISSN: 19422962     EISSN: 19422970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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