Home care for elderly cancer patients: More intensive follow-up and home services reduce the need of specialist care;Hemsjukvård för äldre cancerpatienter: Utökad uppföljning och stöd i hemmet minskar behov av specialistsjukvå rd

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Volumn 100, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1524-1531

  Johansson, Birgitta ^a   Glimelius, Bengt ^a   Sjödén, Per Olow ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANPOWER; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038687239     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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