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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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Autores principales: Langton, Julia M, Reeve, Rebecca, Srasuebkul, Preeyaporn, Haas, Marion, Viney, Rosalie, Currow, David, Pearson, Sallie-Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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