The Cost of Hospice Services in Terminally Ill Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Hospice care has been suggested as a way to preserve dignity and to lower costs at the end of life, which may be particularly important for patients with head and neck cancer because this disease is associated with considerable morbidity and a high mortality risk. To use data from the Surveillance,...

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Published in:	JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery Vol. 141; no. 12; p. 1066
Main Authors:	Enomoto, Laura M, Schaefer, Eric W, Goldenberg, David, Mackley, Heath, Koch, Wayne M, Hollenbeak, Christopher S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-12-2015
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality Head and Neck Neoplasms - nursing Hospice Care - economics Humans Male Medicare - economics Registries Retrospective Studies SEER Program Terminally Ill United States - epidemiology United States
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