Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients who Live in Minority Versus White Areas

BACKGROUND: Although hospice care can alleviate suffering at the end of life for patients with cancer, it remains underutilized, particularly by African Americans and Hispanics. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the racial composition of the census tract where an individual resides is associated with ho...

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Autori principali: Haas, Jennifer S., Earle, Craig C., Orav, John E., Brawarsky, Phyllis, Neville, Bridget A., Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores, Williams, David R.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Populations at Risk
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1824733/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17356975
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0034-y
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