Developing a costing framework for palliative care services

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-729

  Mosoiu, Daniela ^a,b   Dumitrescu, Malina ^b   Connor, Stephen R ^c  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^b Hospice Casa Sperantei   (Romania)

^c OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; cost analysis; hospice; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG COST; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; ROMANIA; ECONOMICS; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROMANIA;

EID: 84908103544     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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