The price of palliative care: Toward a complete accounting of costs and benefits

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-163

  Boni Saenz, Alexander A ^a   Dranove, David ^b   Emanuel, Linda L ^a   Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11444265418     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2004.08.010     Document Type: Review

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