Effect of physician perspective on allocation of medicare resources for patients with advanced cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 792-800

  Rocke, Daniel J ^a   Beumer, Halton W ^a,d   Thomas, Steven ^b   Lee, Walter T ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Langley Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; decision making; end of life; Medicare; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CANCER; DECISION MAKING; END OF LIFE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899802637     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814520689     Document Type: Article

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