Cost variations in ambulatory and home-based palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-532

  Guerriere, Denise N ^a   Zagorski, Brandon ^b   Fassbender, Konrad ^c,d   Masucci, Lisa ^a   Librach, Lawrence ^e   Coyte, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BMZ Analytics   (Canada)

^c Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ambulatory and home based care; palliative care; Predictors of costs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 77953974402     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310364877     Document Type: Article

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