Prospective Clarification of the Utility of the Palliative Prognostic Index for Patients With Advanced Cancer in the Home Care Setting

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 820-824

  Hamano, Jun ^a   Kizawa, Yoshiyuki ^b   Maeno, Takami ^a   Nagaoka, Hiroka ^c   Shima, Yasuo ^d   Maeno, Tetsuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

home care setting; palliative care; palliative prognostic index; patients with advanced cancer; prognostic prediction; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84915806020     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113504982     Document Type: Article

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