Predicting the need for end-of-life care for elderly cancer patients: Findings from a Dutch regional cancer registry database

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-484

  Olden, T E ^a   Schols, J M G A ^b   Hamers, J P H ^b   Van De Schans, S A M ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^d   Janssen Heijnen, M L G ^d  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Elderly; End of life care; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84862262603     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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