Impact of the National Health Fund policy on hormone treatment for prostate cancer in Jamaica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14966255 |
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| Authors | Belinda F Morrison, Belinda Morrison (0000-0003-2271-447X, University of the West Indies System, corresponding author), William Aiken (0000-0002-4523-8675, University of the West Indies System), William D Aiken, Marvin Reid (0000-0003-4005-9384, University of the West Indies System), Marvin E Reid |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 404-408 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892011000600004 |
| PMID | 21829963 |
| OpenAlex | W1971130666 |
| SciELO | S1020-49892011000600004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Surgical castration was more common than medical castration before March 2005. After the NHF began to subsidize the cost of drugs for hormone therapy, medical castration was chosen more often. Increased access to drugs for hormone therapy has changed treatment patterns in Jamaica
Androgen deprivation therapy · Cancer · Castration · Gynecology · Hormone · Orchiectomy · Prostate · Prostate cancer · Medicine · Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment · Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research · Internal Medicine · Urology
| Highly cited | No |
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