Hospice offers more palliative care but costs less than usual care for terminal geriatric hepatocellular carcinoma patients: A nationwide study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 780-785

  Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b   Chang, Hsiao Ting ^a,b,c   Hwang, I Hsuan ^d   Wu, Chen Yi ^b,e   Yang, Wang Hsuan ^a,b   Li, Chung Pin ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; STANDARD OF CARE; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84880486369     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0482     Document Type: Article

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