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Factors related to and economic implications of inhospital death in German lung cancer patients - results of a Nationwide health insurance claims data based study

BACKGROUND: When patients die in a hospital their quality of life is lower than when they die at home or in a hospice. Despite efforts to improve palliative care supply structures, still about 60% of lung cancer patients die in a hospital. Studies have examined factors related to inhospital death in...

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Autores principales: Deckert, Karina, Walter, Julia, Schwarzkopf, Larissa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30340487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3599-3