The association between individual income and aggressive end-of-life treatment in older cancer decedents in Taiwan.

OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of individual income and end of life (EOL) care in older cancer decedents in Taiwan. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS:28,978 decedents >65 years were diagnosed with cancer a...

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Main Authors: Chih-Yuan Huang, Yeh-Ting Hung, Chun-Ming Chang, Shiun-Yang Juang, Ching-Chih Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4293148?pdf=render