Pilot study of patient and caregiver out-of-pocket costs of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 865-871

  Majhail, N S ^a,b   Rizzo, J D ^c   Hahn, T ^d   Lee, S J ^e   McCarthy, P L ^d   Ammi, M ^a,b   Denzen, E ^a   Drexler, R ^a,b   Flesch, S ^a,b   James, H ^a   Omondi, N ^f   Pedersen, T L ^a,b   Murphy, E ^a   Pederson, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation; costs; financial impact; out of pocket expenses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUT OF POCKET COST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFTS; CAREGIVERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84879094077     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.248     Document Type: Article

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