Cost-related health literacy: A key component of high-quality cancer care

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 171-173

  Zafar, S Yousuf ^a   Ubel, Peter A ^b   Tulsky, James A ^b   Pollak, Kathryn I ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929670340     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.004408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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