Cost Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Early Palliative Care in Patients with Metastatic Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 842-848

  Greer, Joseph A ^a   Tramontano, Angela C ^a   McMahon, Pamela M ^a   Pirl, William F ^a   Jackson, Vicki A ^a   El Jawahri, Areej ^a   Parikh, Ravi B ^a   Muzikansky, Alona ^a   Gallagher, Emily R ^a   Temel, Jennifer S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; METASTATIC NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OUTPATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; LUNG TUMOR; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84981301327     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0476     Document Type: Article

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