Care costs and activity in the last three months of life of cancer patients who died in the Basque Country (Spain);Actividad asistencial y costes en los últimos 3 meses de vida de pacientes fallecidos con cáncer en Euskadi

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 524-530

  Nuño Solinís, Roberto ^a   Herrera Molina, Emilio ^b   Librada Flores, Silvia ^b   Orueta Mendía, Juan F ^c   Cabrera León, Andrés ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b New Health Foundation   (Spain)

^c Osakidetza Astrabudua Health Center   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85000365334     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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