Financial hardship and the intensity of medical care received near death

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 572-578

  Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^a,b   Abel, Gregory A ^a,c   Uno, Hajime ^a,b   Prigerson, Holly ^d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; caregiver; end of life care; financial hardship; intensive care; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84928523190     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3624     Document Type: Article

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