Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-106

  Tzala, Sofia ^a   Lord, Joanne ^a   Ziras, Nikolaos ^a   Repousis, Panayotis ^a   Potamianou, Anna ^a   Tzala, Evangelia ^a  

^a Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis, bootstrap method; Hospital at home scheme, cancer; Patients, cost minimisation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOMA; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 21344463606     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-004-0266-x     Document Type: Article

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