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Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients who Live in Minority Versus White Areas
BACKGROUND: Although hospice care can alleviate suffering at the end of life for patients with cancer, it remains underutilized, particularly by African Americans and Hispanics. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the racial composition of the census tract where an individual resides is associated with ho...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1824733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17356975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0034-y |