Cancer care in the United States: Identifying end-of-life cohorts

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Berke, Ethan M ^a,b,c   Smith, Tenbroeck ^d   Song, Yunjie ^a   Halpern, Michael T ^d   Goodman, David C ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60049094393     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0239     Document Type: Article

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