Comparing the use and timing of palliative care services in COPD and lung cancer: A population-based survey

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Scheerens, Charlotte ^a   Beernaert, Kim ^a   Pype, Peter ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a   Chambaere, Kenneth ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85048867402     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02405-2017     Document Type: Letter

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