Is home-based palliative care cost-effective? An economic evaluation of the palliative care extended packages at home (PEACH) pilot

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-435

  McCaffrey, Nikki ^a   Agar, Meera ^b   Harlum, Janeane ^c   Karnon, Jonathon ^d   Currow, David ^a   Eckermann, Simon ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^c Department of Palliative Care Braeside Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84905441012     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000361     Document Type: Article

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