Geography and the burden of care in pediatric cancers

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1918-1924

  Fluchel, Mark N ^a,b   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^a,c   Bodson, Julia ^c   Sweeney, Carol ^a   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Ding, Qian ^a   Stoddard, Gregory J ^a   Kinney, Anita Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of care; Disparities; Pediatric oncology; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN POPULATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 84922626926     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25170     Document Type: Article

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