Avoidable and unavoidable visits to the emergency department among patients with advanced cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.

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Admissions to the emergency department (ED) can be distressing to patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care. There is limited research about the clinical characteristics of these patients and whether these ED visits can be categorized as avoidable or unavoidable.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Pain Symptom Manage

Title: Journal of pain and symptom management

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-6513

ISSN (Print): 0885-3924

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2015

Volume: 49

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. Electronic address: marvin.delgado@mdanderson.org.

[2 ] Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.

[3 ] Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

[4 ] Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

[5 ] Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S0885-3924(14)00404-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.07.007

PubMed ID: 25131891

SO-VID: 7cd5c2e0-a380-47f2-a0c2-214ee96128f5

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Keywords: emergency department,palliative care outpatient,Supportive care,advanced cancer

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Keywords: emergency department, palliative care outpatient, Supportive care, advanced cancer

Avoidable and unavoidable visits to the emergency department among patients with advanced cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.

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