Increased primary healthcare utilisation among women with a history of breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 941-949

  Roorda, Carriene ^a   Berendsen, Annette J ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^a   Van Der Meer, Klaas ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Follow up care; General practice; Healthcare utilisation; Primary care database

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879798580     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1609-2     Document Type: Article

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