Predicting Survival with the Palliative Performance Scale in a Minority-Serving Hospice and Palliative Care Program

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 642-648

  Weng, Li Chueh ^a   Huang, Hsiu Li ^a,b   Wilkie, Diana J ^c   Hoenig, Noreen A ^c   Suarez, Marie L ^c   Marschke, Michael ^d   Durham, Jan ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

hospice; minorities; palliative care; Palliative Performance Scale; prognostication; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINORITY GROUP; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 63449092800     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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