Benefits and costs of home palliative care compared with usual care for patients with advanced illness and their family caregivers

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1060-1061

  Gomes, Barbara ^a   Calanzani, Natalia ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DYING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM;

CAREGIVERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84896741821     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.553     Document Type: Review

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