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SUBMITTER: Brinkman-Stoppelenburg A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brinkman-Stoppelenburg Arianne A Polinder Suzanne S Olij Branko F BF van den Berg Barbara B Gunnink Nicolette N Hendriks Mathijs P MP van der Linden Yvette M YM Nieboer Daan D van der Padt-Pruijsten Annemieke A Peters Liesbeth A LA Roggeveen Brenda B Terheggen Frederiek F Verhage Sylvia S van der Vorst Maurice J MJ Willemen Ingrid I Vergouwe Yvonne Y van der Heide Agnes A
European journal of cancer care 20191211 3
<h4>Background</h4>Early palliative care team consultation has been shown to reduce costs of hospital care. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between palliative care team (PCT) consultation and the content and costs of hospital care in patients with advanced cancer.<h4>Material and methods</h4>A prospective, observational study was conducted in 12 Dutch hospitals. Patients with advanced cancer and an estimated life expectancy of less than 1 year were included. We com ...[more]