The economic burden of caregiving on families of children and adolescents with cancer: A population-based assessment

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1088-1093

  Pagano, Eva ^a,b   Baldi, Ileana ^c   Mosso, Maria Luisa ^b   Di Montezemolo, Luca Cordero ^d   Fagioli, Franca ^d   Pastore, Guido ^b   Merletti, Franco ^a,b,e  

^a CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Childhood Cancer Registry CPO Piemonte ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost and cost analysis; Family caregivers; Paediatrics; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; COST AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY CAREGIVERS; PAEDIATRICS; PATIENT CARE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901718910     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24904     Document Type: Article

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