Clinical and financial analysis of an acute palliative care unit in an oncological department

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 760-767

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Intravaia, G ^a   Villari, P ^a   Ferrera, P ^a   David, F ^a   Casuccio, A ^b   Mangione, S ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost; Pain and symptom control; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849143722     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308094338     Document Type: Article

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