Intensive Care, Survival, and Expense of Treating Critically III Cancer Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 783-786

  Schapira, David V ^a   Studnicki, James ^a   Bradham, Douglas D ^a   Wolff, Peter ^a   Jarrett, Anne ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID TUMOR;

CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COSTS AND BENEFITS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOME CARE; MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (TAMPA, FL); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VENTILATORS;

ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0027395728     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500060083036     Document Type: Article

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