A cost calculation model for specialist palliative care for patients with non-small cell lung cancer in a tertiary centre

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Ostgathe, Christoph ^a,b   Walshe, Ronald ^b   Wolf, Jürgen ^b   Hallek, Michael ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated care; NSCLC; Palliative care; Prospective pricing; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DAY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 41849109527     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0337-5     Document Type: Article

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