Healthcare cost attributable to recently-diagnosed breast cancer in a privately-insured population in the United States

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 688-694

  Fu, Alex Z ^a   Jhaveri, Mehul ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Direct cost; Economic burden; Health claims; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862531990     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: 1941837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2012.673524     Document Type: Article

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