Hospital-at-home for advanced cancer patients within the framework of the Bologna Eubiosia project: An evaluation

Tumori

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 376-382

  Tanneberger, Stephan ^a,b   Pannuti, Franco ^a   Mirri, Rossana ^a   Panetta, Achille ^b   Mariano, Paolo ^a   Romano, Domenico ^a   Giordani, Stefano ^a   Martoni, Andrea ^b   Farabegoli, Gildino ^a  

^a Associazione Nazionale Tumori   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Cost analysis; Home care; Hospital at home; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031836636     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400313     Document Type: Article

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