Comparison of prospective and retrospective indicators of the quality of end-of-life cancer care

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 5671-5678

  Setoguchi, Soko ^a   Earle, Craig C ^a   Glynn, Robert ^a   Stedman, Margaret ^a   Polinski, Jennifer M ^a   Corcoran, Colleen P ^a   Haas, Jennifer S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; OPIATE; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449093127     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.3956     Document Type: Article

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