Research Priorities in Health Economics And Funding for Palliative Care: Views of an International Think Tank

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-14

  Harding, Richard ^a   Gomes, Barbara ^a   Foley, Kathleen M ^b   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; effectiveness; evaluation; financing; health economics; Hospice; outcomes; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 67650187931     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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