How much does it cost to care for survivors of colorectal cancer? Caregiver's time, travel and out-of-pocket costs

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2583-2592

  Hanly, Paul ^a,d   Céilleachair, Alan Ó ^a   Skally, Mairead ^a   O'Leary, Eamonn ^a   Kapur, Kanika ^b   Fitzpatrick, Patricia ^c   Staines, Anthony ^b   Sharp, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Cost of illness; Informal care; Out of pocket costs; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUT OF POCKET COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FRIENDS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84881233600     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1834-3     Document Type: Article

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