Out-of-pocket costs in the year after early breast cancer among canadian women and spouses

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-292

  Lauzier, Sophie ^a,b   Levesque, Pascale ^a,b   Mondor, Myrto ^b   Drolet, Melanie ^b   Coyle, Douglas ^c   Brisson, Jacques ^a,b,d   Masse, Benoit ^e,f   Provencher, Louise ^b,d   Robidoux, Andre ^g   Maunsell, Elizabeth ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84875028371     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs512     Document Type: Article

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