Annual patient time costs associated with medical care among cancer survivors in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 594-601

  Yabroff, K Robin ^a   Guy Jr , Gery P ^b   Ekwueme, Donatus U ^b   McNeel, Timothy ^c   Rozjabek, Heather M ^a   Dowling, Emily ^d   Li, Chunyu ^b   Virgo, Katherine S ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of illness; costs and cost analysis; Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; neoplasms; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902461116     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000151     Document Type: Article

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