Understanding fragmentation of prostate cancer survivorship care: Implications for cost and quality

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2837-2845

  Skolarus, Ted A ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

expenditures; prostate cancer; quality; survivorship

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855226336     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26601     Document Type: Article

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