The out of pocket cost of breast cancer survivors: A review

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Pisu, Maria ^a,b   Azuero, Andres ^b   McNees, Patrick ^b   Burkhardt, Jeffrey ^b   Benz, Rachel ^b   Meneses, Karen ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Cost; Economic burden; Out of pocket costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649635812     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0125-y     Document Type: Article

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