Physician experience and attitudes toward addressing the cost of cancer care

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e281-e288

  Altomare, Ivy ^a   Irwin, Blair ^b   Zafar, Syed Yousuf ^b   Houck, Kevin ^b   Maloney, Bailey ^b   Greenup, Rachel ^b   Peppercorn, Jeffrey ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SELECTION BIAS; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIETY; SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84962613004     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.007401     Document Type: Article

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