Economic burden for informal caregivers of lung and colorectal cancer patients

Oncologist

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 883-893

  van Houtven, Courtney Harold ^a   Ramsey, Scott D ^b   Hornbrook, Mark C ^c   Atienza, Audie A ^d   van Ryn, Michelle ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer caregiving; Colorectal cancer; Informal care; Lung cancer; Opportunity costs; Out of pocket costs; Phase of disease; Stage of disease

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SALARY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; TIME;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956797783     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0005     Document Type: Article

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