Estimating the cost of caring for people with cancer at the end of life: A modelling study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 899-907

  Round, Jeff ^a   Jones, Louise ^a   Morris, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burden of illness; cancer; costs; economics; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; TIME FACTOR; WALES;

BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84948188345     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315595203     Document Type: Article

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