Provider continuity prior to the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer and end-of-life care.

Little is known about the effect of provider continuity prior to the diagnosis of advanced lung cancer and end-of-life care.Retrospective analysis of 69,247 Medicare beneficiaries aged 67 years or older diagnosed with Stage IIIB or IV lung cancer between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 2005 who die...

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Main Authors: Gulshan Sharma, Yue Wang, James E Graham, Yong-Fang Kuo, James S Goodwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3760849?pdf=render