Responses by breast and prostate cancer patients to out-of-pocket costs in Newfoundland and Labrador

Current Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 158-165

  Housser, E ^a   Mathews, M ^b   Le Messurier, J ^b   Young, S ^b   Hawboldt, J ^b   West, R ^b  

^a Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial barriers; Out of pocket costs; Patient responses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUT OF POCKET COST; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878747371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1197     Document Type: Article

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