Impact of aggressive management and palliative care on cancer costs in the final month of life

BACKGROUND: A significant share of the cost of cancer care is concentrated in the end‐of‐life period. Although quality measures of aggressive treatment may guide optimal care during this timeframe, little is known about whether these metrics affect costs of care. METHODS: This study used population...

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Autores principales: Cheung, Matthew C., Earle, Craig C., Rangrej, Jagadish, Ho, Thi H., Liu, Ning, Barbera, Lisa, Saskin, Refik, Porter, Joan, Seung, Soo Jin, Mittmann, Nicole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26031241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.29485

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26031241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.29485

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