Population-based trends in referral of the elderly to a comprehensive palliative care programme

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-256

  Burge, F ^a   Johnston, G ^a,b   Lawson, B ^a   Dewar, R ^b   Cummings, I ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Cancer Registry   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NOVA SCOTIA; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036100414     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216302pm550xx     Document Type: Article

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