Impact of palliative care case management on resource use by patients dying of cancer at a veterans affairs medical center

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-35

  Back, Anthony L ^a,b,c,d   Li, Yu Fang ^a   Sales, Anne E ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 12444326223     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.26     Document Type: Article

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