Predictors of home care expenditures and death at home for cancer patients in an integrated comprehensive palliative home care pilot program.

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Published in Healthc Policy on February 01, 2011

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Doris M Howell1, Tom Abernathy, Rhonda Cockerill, Kevin Brazil, Frank Wagner, Larry Librach

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1: Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON.

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