The costs of breast cancer prior to and following diagnosis

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Broekx, Steven ^a   Den Hond, Elly ^a   Torfs, Rudi ^a   Remacle, Anne ^b   Mertens, Raf ^b   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^c   Neven, Patrick ^c   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^c   Simoens, Steven ^d  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b Independent Health Insurance Funds   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost analysis; Flanders; Health care costs; Productivity loss; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INCIDENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052560472     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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