Impact of comprehensive hospice palliative care on end-of-life care: a propensity-score–matched retrospective observational study

Michael S.C. Conlon; Joseph M. Caswell; Andrew Knight; Barbara Ballantyne; Stacey A. Santi; Margaret L. Meigs; Craig C. Earle; Mark Hartman

doi:10.9778/cmajo.20180148

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Impact of comprehensive hospice palliative care on end-of-life care: a propensity-score–matched retrospective observational study

Michael S.C. Conlon, Joseph M. Caswell, Andrew Knight, Barbara Ballantyne, Stacey A. Santi, Margaret L. Meigs, Craig C. Earle and Mark Hartman

April 04, 2019 7 (2) E197-E202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180148

Michael S.C. Conlon

Epidemiology, Outcomes and Evaluation Research (Conlon, Caswell, Santi, Meigs), Health Sciences North Research Institute; ICES North Satellite Site (Conlon, Caswell), Health Sciences North Research Institute; Northeast Cancer Centre (Knight, Ballantyne, Hartman), Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ont.; Cancer Care Ontario (Hartman); Ontario Palliative Care Network (Knight, Ballantyne); Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (Earle), Toronto, Ont.

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Joseph M. Caswell

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Barbara Ballantyne

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Impact of comprehensive hospice palliative care on end-of-life care: a propensity-score–matched retrospective observational study

Michael S.C. Conlon, Joseph M. Caswell, Andrew Knight, Barbara Ballantyne, Stacey A. Santi, Margaret L. Meigs, Craig C. Earle, Mark Hartman

Apr 2019, 7 (2) E197-E202; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180148

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Impact of comprehensive hospice palliative care on end-of-life care: a propensity-score–matched retrospective observational study

Michael S.C. Conlon, Joseph M. Caswell, Andrew Knight, Barbara Ballantyne, Stacey A. Santi, Margaret L. Meigs, Craig C. Earle, Mark Hartman

Apr 2019, 7 (2) E197-E202; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180148

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