Cost savings in inpatient oncology through an integrative medicine approach

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 779-784

  Kligler, Benjamin ^a   Homel, Peter ^a   Harrison, Louis B ^a   Levenson, Hanniel D ^a   Kenney, Jeanne B ^a   Merrell, Woodson ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA EXTRACTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; COST SAVINGS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 84555196109     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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