Primary Care Continuity and Location of Death for Those with Cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 911-918

  Burge, Frederick ^a,c   Lawson, Beverley ^a   Johnston, Grace ^a   Cummings, Ina ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1642512648     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662103322654794     Document Type: Article

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