Health care costs associated with hepatocellular carcinoma: a population-based study.

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Published in Hepatology on March 15, 2013

Authors

Hla-Hla Thein1, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Michael A Campitelli, Jordan J Feld, Eric Yoshida, Morris Sherman, Jeffrey S Hoch, Stuart Peacock, Murray D Krahn, Craig C Earle

Author Affiliations

1: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research/Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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