Does economic burden influence quality of life in breast cancer survivors?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-443

  Meneses, Karen ^a   Azuero, Andres ^a   Hassey, Lauren ^a   McNees, Patrick ^a   Pisu, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Economic burden; Quality of life; Structural equation modeling; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856756213     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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