A population-based study on the determinants of hospice utilization in the last year of life for Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1213-1220

  Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a,b   Huang, Ean Wen ^c   Liu, Tsang Wu ^d   Wang, Hung Ming ^e   Chen, Jen Shi ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

administrative database analysis; end of life care; hospice utilization; oncology care; terminally ill cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349237811     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1690     Document Type: Article

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