The association of the palliative performance scale and hazard of death in an ambulatory cancer population

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Seow, Hsien ^a,b,c   Barbera, Lisa ^a,d,e   Dudgeon, Deborah ^f   Howell, Doris ^e   Husain, Amna ^d   Atzema, Clare ^a,d   Sussman, Jonathan ^b,c   Liu, Ying ^a   Earle, Craig ^a,d   Sutradhar, Rinku ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873661095     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0239     Document Type: Article

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