Evaluation of inpatient multidisciplinary palliative care unit on terminally ill cancer patients from providers' perspectives: A propensity score analysis

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Cheng, Shao Yi ^a   Dy, Sydney ^b   Fang, Pai Han ^a   Chen, Ching Yu ^a   Chiu, Tai Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Palliative care; Propensity score analysis; Quality of dying; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIT SCALE SCORE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; GOOD DEATH SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INPATIENT HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873437007     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys201     Document Type: Article

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