Trends in quality of end-of-life care for Taiwanese cancer patients who died in 2000-2006

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-348

  Tang, S T ^a   Wu, S C ^b   Hung, Y N ^b   Huang, E W ^c   Chen, J S ^d   Liu, T W ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e National Institute of Cancer Research   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Administrative databases analysis; Aggressiveness of care near the end of life; Population based study; Quality of end of life care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 60549090610     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn602     Document Type: Article

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