The association between in-patient death, utilization of hospital resources and availability of palliative home care for cancer patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-75

  Alonso Babarro, Alberto ^a   Astray Mochales, Jenaro ^b   Domínguez Berjón, Felicitas ^b   Gènova Maleras, Ricard ^b   Bruera, Eduardo ^c   Díaz Mayordomo, Antonio ^d   Centeno Cortes, Carlos ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Consejería de Sanidad ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Centro de Salud Tres Cantos   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

age factors; cancer; cause of death; death certificate; home care services; hospital based; hospital mortality; palliative care; Place of death; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 84871601729     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312442973     Document Type: Article

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