What is different about patients with hematologic malignancies? A retrospective cohort study of cancer patients referred to a hospice research network

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-512

  LeBlanc, Thomas W ^a,b   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b   Casarett, David J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness research; hematologic neoplasms; hospices; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; SOLID TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924402323     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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