Hospitalization of Hospice Patients with Cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 757-768

  Cintron, Alexie ^a   Hamel, Mary B ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Burns, Risa B ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HOSPICE; LUNG TUMOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542644977     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662103322515266     Document Type: Article

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