Financial burden of pediatric cancer for patients and their families

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-18

  Warner, Echo L ^a,b   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^a   Nam, Gina E ^a   Fluchel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL BURDEN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; INFANT; INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921333990     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2014.001495     Document Type: Article

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