Minimizing the "Financial Toxicity" Associated with Cancer Care: Advancing the Research Agenda

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^a,b   Yabroff, K Robin ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CARE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84968830649     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv410     Document Type: Editorial

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