Integrating oncology and palliative home care in Italy: The experience of the "l'Aquila per la Vita" Home Care Unit

Tumori

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-228

  Porzio, Giampiero ^a   Aielli, Federica ^a   Verna, Lucilla ^a   Martella, Francesco ^a   Aloisi, Paolo ^a   Ficorella, Corrado ^b  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home care; Simultaneous care; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEATH; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881223273     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161309900217     Document Type: Article

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