Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 663-672 , April 2010

Costs of Novel Symptom Management Interventions and Their Impact on Hospitalizations

  • Charles William Given, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Charles W. Given, PhD, B108 Clinical Center, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
    • ,
  • Cathy Bradley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Mei You, MS

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Alla Sikorskii, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara Given, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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 This work was supported by National Cancer Institute Grant #RO1 CA30724 (Automated Telephone Monitoring for Symptom Management, C. W. Given, PI, B. Given, Co-PI) and The Walther Cancer Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana.

PII: S0885-3924(10)00091-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.014

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 663-672 , April 2010

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