Prospective cohort study of hospital palliative care teams for inpatients with advanced cancer: Earlier consultation is associated with larger cost-saving effect

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 2745-2752

  May, Peter ^a,b   Garrido, Melissa M ^b,c   Cassel, J Brian ^d   Kelley, Amy S ^b   Meier, Diane E ^b   Normand, Charles ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^e   Stefanis, Lee ^b,c   Morrison, R Sean ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PROPENSITY SCORE; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941332910     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.2334     Document Type: Article

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