Impact of an Oncology Palliative Care Clinic on Access to Home Care Services

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-431

  Jang, Raymond W ^a   Burman, Debika ^b   Swami, Nadia ^b   Kotler, Jennifer ^b   Banerjee, Subrata ^a,b   Ridley, Julia ^a,b   Mak, Ernie ^a,b   Bryson, John ^a,b   Rodin, Gary ^b,c,d   Le, Lisa W ^b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; home care; palliative care clinic; palliative performance status; performance status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE CLINIC; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE STATUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE STATUS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; HOME CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE CLINIC; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE STATUS; PERFORMANCE STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881092068     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112452469     Document Type: Article

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