Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 4371-4375

  Carlson, Melissa D A ^a   Herrin, Jeph ^a   Du, Qingling ^a   Epstein, Andrew J ^a   Barry, Colleen L ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^a   Back, Anthony L ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BREAST; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COLON; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; UTERUS; CANCER REGISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049425139     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.1818     Document Type: Article

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