A comparative analysis of monthly out-of-pocket costs for patients with breast cancer as compared with other common cancers in Ontario, Canada

Current Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Longo, C J ^a,b   Bereza, B G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health care funding; Out of pocket costs; Self administered questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVICE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79751476211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v18i1.681     Document Type: Article

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