The financial burden of cancer: Estimates from patients undergoing cancer care in a tertiary care hospital

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zaidi, Adnan A ^a   Ansari, Tayyaba Z ^b   Khan, Aziz ^b  

^a Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Financial burden; Health care; Support program

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84867351411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-60     Document Type: Article

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