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Inpatient Palliative Care Is Less Utilized in Rare, Fatal Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Ten-Year National Perspective

Background—Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC) is a rare, morbid, fatal cancer with distressing symptoms. Maintaining a high quality of life while reducing hospital charges and length of stay (LOS) for the end-of-life period remains a major challenge for the healthcare system. Palliative care util...

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Autores principales: Mojtahedi, Zahra, Yoo, Ji Won, Callahan, Karen, Bhandari, Neeraj, Lou, Donghui, Ghodsi, Katayoon, Shen, Jay J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8508271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34639305
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910004