Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gomes, Barbara ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   McCrone, Paul ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 70349149093     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007760     Document Type: Review

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