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Peer Reviewed: Hospice Use Among Cancer Decedents in Alabama, 2002-2005

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction Most studies that describe hospice use among cancer patients use the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database, which has known limitations. We used vital records data to describe patterns of hospice use among cancer decedents in Alabama.

Source: Preventing Chronic Disease

Authors: Kathryn Chapman, Todd M. Jenkins, Dorothy S. Harshbarger, Julie S. Townsend

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2418450129

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