Association of number of follow-up providers with outcomes in survivors of hematologic malignancies

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1862-1869

  Cannon, Anthony J ^a   Darrington, Deborah L ^a   McIlvain, Helen E ^a   Bauer, Linda K ^a   Vose, Julie M ^a   Armitage, James O ^a   Loberiza Jr , Fausto R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up care; hematologic malignancies; survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957739880     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.510896     Document Type: Article

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