The costs of waiting: Implications of the timing of palliative care consultation among a cohort of decedents at a comprehensive cancer center

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-75

  Scibetta, Colin ^a   Kerr, Kathleen ^b   Mcguire, Joseph ^c   Rabow, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kerr Healthcare Analytics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; VERY ELDERLY; WATCHFUL WAITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952929813     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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