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The Terrible Choice: Re-Evaluating Hospice Eligibility Criteria for Cancer

PURPOSE: To be eligible for the Medicare Hospice Benefit, cancer patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less must give up curative treatment. Our goal was to determine whether willingness to make this choice identifies patients with greater need for hospice services. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Th...

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Autori principali: Casarett, David J., Fishman, Jessica M., Lu, Hien L., O'Dwyer, Peter J., Barg, Frances K., Naylor, Mary D., Asch, David A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738432/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19114698
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.17.8079
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