Out-of-pocket expenses and treatment choice for men with prostate cancer

Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1252-1257

  Jung, Olivia S ^a,b,c   Guzzo, Thomas ^d,e   Lee, David ^d,e   Mehler, Michael ^b   Christodouleas, John ^b,e   Deville, Curtiland ^b,e   Hollis, Genevieve ^b,f   Shah, Anand ^g   Vapiwala, Neha ^b,e   Wein, Alan ^d,e   Pauly, Mark ^c,f   Bekelman, Justin E ^b,d,f  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870695387     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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