Complementary and alternative medicine provider use and expenditures by cancer treatment phase.

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Published in Am J Manag Care on May 01, 2008

Authors

William E Lafferty1, Patrick T Tyree, Sean M Devlin, M Robyn Andersen, Paula K Diehr

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Box 357660, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. billlaf@u.washington.edu

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