Pattern and characteristics of advanced cancer patients admitted to hospices in Italy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 935-939

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a,b   Valle, Alessandro ^e   Sabba, Silvana ^c   Orlando, Antonio ^f   Guolo, Francesca ^f   Gulmini, Loretta ^d   Ori, Sara ^d   Bellingardo, Rosanna ^a,b   Casuccio, Alessandra ^b  

^a LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Hospice ASL TO4   (Italy)

^d Hospice le Onde e Il Mare ^*  (Italy)

^e Hospice FARO   (Italy)

^f Hospice Casa dei Gelsi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Hospice; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84879795698     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1608-3     Document Type: Article

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