The effect of age on referral to and use of specialist palliative care services in adult cancer patients: A systematic review

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Burt, Jenni ^a   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age factors; Cancer; Elderly; Oncology; Palliative care; Review; Systematic review; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748052056     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl001     Document Type: Review

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