Prevalence and Impact of Financial Hardship among New England Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Families

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 312-318

  Bona, Kira ^a,b,c   London, Wendy B ^a,b,c   Guo, Dongjing ^a,b   Abel, Gregory ^b,c   Lehmann, Leslie ^a,b,c   Wolfe, Joanne ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial hardship; Graft versus host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pediatric; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; INCOME; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84920913188     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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