End-of-life care for older patients with ovarian cancer is intensive despite high rates of hospice use

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 3534-3539

  Wright, Alexi A ^a,b   Hatfield, Laura A ^b   Earle, Craig C ^d   Keating, Nancy L ^b,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OVARY TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911942892     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.5383     Document Type: Article

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