Resource use and medicare costs during lay navigation for geriatric patients with cancer

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 817-825

  Rocque, Gabrielle B ^a,b   Pisu, Maria ^b   Jackson, Bradford E ^b   Kvale, Elizabeth A ^b   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^c   Martin, Michelle Y ^b,d   Meneses, Karen ^c   Li, Yufeng ^a   Taylor, Richard A ^c   Acemgil, Aras ^a   Williams, Courtney P ^a   Lisovicz, Nedra ^b   Fouad, Mona ^b   Kenzik, Kelly M ^a   Partridge, Edward E ^e  

^a Heerskink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALABAMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ALABAMA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT NAVIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020278081     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6307     Document Type: Article

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