Journal article
End-of-life home care utilization and costs in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine overall utilization and costs associated with home care services in Ontario, Canada by linking a home care database to a stage IV colorectal cancer cohort.
METHODS: The names of patients with stage IV colorectal cancer at time of diagnosis (diagnosed from 2005 through 2009) were extracted from the Ontario Cancer Registry. The study cohort comprised those who died before the end of the study. The terminal phase of care …
Authors
Mittmann N; Liu N; Porter JM; Isogai PK; Saskin R; Cheung MC; Leighl NB; Hoch JS; Trudeau ME; Evans WK
Journal
The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 92–98
Publisher
Frontline Medical Communications
Publication Date
3 2014
DOI
10.12788/jcso.0025
ISSN
2330-7749