Preferences for end-of-life care among community-dwelling older adults and patients with advanced cancer: A discrete choice experiment

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1482-1489

  Finkelstein, Eric A ^a,b   Bilger, Marcel ^a   Flynn, Terry N ^c   Malhotra, Chetna ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Discrete choice experiment; End of life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84951908202     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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