Palliative home care and cost savings: Encouraging results from Italy [5]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1170, 2003, Pages

  Di Cosimo, Serena ^a   Pistilucci, Giorgio ^b   Ferretti, Gianluigi ^b   Cicchetti, Alessia ^b   Leggio, Mario ^b   Silvestris, Nicola ^b   Moro, Cecilia ^c   Mandala, Mario ^d   Curigliano, Giuseppe ^e   Battigaglia, Benito ^f   Di Chio, Giuseppe ^f   Cirignotta, Salvatore ^f   D'Aprile, Modesto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f Azienda USL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 25844490118     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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