Outpatient end of life discussions shorten hospital admissions in gynecologic oncology patients

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 152-155

  Doll, Kemi M ^a   Stine, Jessica E ^a   Van Le, Linda ^a   Moore, Dominic T ^a   Bae Jump, Victoria ^a   Brewster, Wendy R ^a   Soper, John T ^a   Boggess, John F ^a   Gehrig, Paola A ^a   Kim, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Genital neoplasms; Hospices; Length of stay; Mortality; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH EDUCATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84879082711     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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