Health economics of a palliative care unit for terminal cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Jung, Hyun Myung ^a   Kim, Jinhyun ^b   Heo, Dae Seog ^b   Baek, Sun Kyung ^c  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

End of life care; Health care costs; Palliative care; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 83555160915     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1047-y     Document Type: Article

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