Disparities in hospice care among older women dying with ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-18

  Fairfield, Kathleen M ^a,b   Murray, Kimberly M ^a   Wierman, Heidi R ^b   Han, Paul K J ^a   Hallen, Sarah ^b   Miesfeldt, Susan ^a   Trimble, Edward L ^c   Warren, Joan L ^c   Earle, Craig C ^d  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUPS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858341849     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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