Association between early palliative care referrals, inpatient hospice utilization, and aggressiveness of care at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 270-273

  Amano, Koji ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Tatara, Ryohei ^a   Katayama, Hirofumi ^a   Uno, Teruaki ^a   Takagi, Ibuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924206262     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0132     Document Type: Article

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