The association between individual income and aggressive end-of-life treatment in older cancer decedents in Taiwan

To examine the association of individual income and end of life (EOL) care in older cancer decedents in Taiwan. Retrospective cohort study. National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. 28,978 decedents >65 years were diagnosed with cancer and died during 2009-2011 in Taiwan. Of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-01, Vol.10 (1), p.e0116913-e0116913
Hauptverfasser:	Huang, Chih-Yuan, Hung, Yeh-Ting, Chang, Chun-Ming, Juang, Shiun-Yang, Lee, Ching-Chih
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Asthma Buddhism Cancer Chemotherapy Choice Behavior Databases, Factual Datasets Drug therapy Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data End of life Epidemiology Female Health care policy Health insurance Hospice Care - psychology Hospice Care - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Income Income - statistics & numerical data Indicators Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Marital status Medical diagnosis Neoplasms - therapy Older people Online databases Palliative care Patients Public health Retrospective Studies Socioeconomic factors Taiwan Terminal Care - statistics & numerical data Trends
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