CARE track for advanced cancer: Impact and timing of an outpatient palliative care clinic

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-63

  Blackhall, Leslie J ^a   Read, Paul ^a   Stukenborg, George ^a   Dillon, Patrick ^a   Barclay, Joshua ^a   Romano, Andrew ^a   Harrison, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952904638     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0272     Document Type: Article

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