Resource use and costs of end-of-life/palliative care: Ontario adult cancer patients dying during 2002 and 2003

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Walker, Hugh ^a   Anderson, Mark ^b   Farahati, Farah ^b   Howell, Doris ^c   Librach, S Lawrence ^d   Husain, Amna ^d   Sussman, Jonathan ^e   Viola, Raymond ^f   Sutradhar, Rinku ^g   Barbera, Lisa ^h  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Walker Economics Incorporated   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost and cost analysis; End of life; Health services; Palliative care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959867092     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971102700203     Document Type: Article

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