Resource utilisation and costs of palliative cancer care in an interdisciplinary health care model

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 448-459

  Johnson, Ana P ^a   Abernathy, T ^b   Howell, D ^b   Brazil, K ^c   Scott, S ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs; Health care costs; Palliative care; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649359892     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309103193     Document Type: Article

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