Healthcare utilization of bereaved relatives of patients who died from cancer. A national population-based study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1152-1158

  Guldin, Mai Britt ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^b   Zachariae, Robert ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bereavement; cancer; healthcare utilization; informal caregivers; oncology; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877580858     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3120     Document Type: Article

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