The role and timing of palliative medicine consultation for women with gynecologic malignancies: Association with end of life interventions and direct hospital costs

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-7

  Nevadunsky, Nicole S ^a,b   Gordon, Sharon ^a   Spoozak, Lori ^a   Van Arsdale, Anne ^a   Hou, Yijuan ^a,b   Klobocista, Merieme ^a,b   Eti, Serife ^c   Rapkin, Bruce ^b   Goldberg, Gary L ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness of care; End of life care; Gynecologic malignancies; Hospital costs; Palliative medicine; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSIVENESS OF CARE; END OF LIFE CARE; GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY-OF-LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892815117     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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