A prospective study to determine the costs incurred by families of children newly diagnosed with cancer in Ontario

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1113-1123

  Tsimicalis, Argerie ^a   Stevens, Bonnie ^b,c,d   Ungar, Wendy J ^b,c   McKeever, Patricia ^b,e   Greenberg, Mark ^c,d,f,g   Agha, Mohammad ^f   Guerriere, Denise ^b   Barr, Ronald ^f,h   Naqvi, Ahmed ^d,g   Moineddin, Rahim ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Toronto   (Canada)

^f PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

burden; cancer; caregivers; cost of illness; costs and cost analysis; oncology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867214544     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2009     Document Type: Article

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