Hospice shared-care saved medical expenditure and reduced the likelihood of intensive medical utilization among advanced cancer patients in Taiwan--a nationwide survey.

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Published in Support Care Cancer on February 26, 2014

Authors

Wen-Yuan Lin1, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Chih-Te Ho, Lance E Davidson, Hua-Shui Hsu, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chang-Fang Chiu, Ching-Tien Peng, Chih-Yi Chen, Wen-Yu Hu, Ling-Nu Hsu, Chia-Ing Li, Tsai-Chung Li, Chin-Yu Lin, Ching-Yu Chen, Cheng-Chieh Lin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

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