Cost of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States.

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Timely estimates of the costs of care for cancer patients are an important element in the formulation of national cancer programs and policies. We estimated net costs of care for elderly cancer patients in the United States for the 18 most prevalent cancers and for all other tumor sites combined.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Natl Cancer Inst

Title: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1460-2105

ISSN (Print): 0027-8874

Publication date (Electronic): May 07 2008

Volume: 100

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Health Services and Economics Branch/Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Rm 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344, USA. yabroffr@mail.nih.gov

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Publisher Item ID: djn103

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn103

PubMed ID: 18445825

SO-VID: 07fb9298-a3fb-4e3a-a3ad-4ccf78fa34f7

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