Racial/ethnic differences in inpatient palliative care consultation for patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 3802-3808

  Sharma, Rashmi K ^a   Cameron, Kenzie A ^a   Chmiel, Joan S ^a   Von Roenn, Jamie H ^a,b   Szmuilowicz, Eytan ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^c   Penedo, Frank J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INPATIENT PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947444058     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.6458     Document Type: Article

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