The economic evidence for advance care planning: Systematic review of evidence

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 869-884

  Dixon, Josie ^a   Matosevic, Tihana ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; cost benefit analysis; end of life care; Health Care Economics and Organisations

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84948135359     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315586659     Document Type: Review

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