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Health service use and costs in the last 6 months of life in elderly decedents with a history of cancer: a comprehensive analysis from a health payer perspective
BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in end-of-life care in cancer patients. We aim to characterise health service use and costs in decedents with cancer history and examine factors associated with resource use and costs at life's end. METHODS: We used routinely collected claims data to quanti...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891509/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.75 |