TY - JOUR
TI - RELATIVE SURVIVAL OF TERMINAL CANCER-PATIENTS IN HOME VERSUS
HOSPITAL-CARE
AU - TSAMANDOURAKI, K
AU - TOUNTAS, Y
AU - TRICHOPOULOS, D
JO - SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL MEDICINE
PY - 1992
VL - 20
TODO - 1
SP - 51-54
PB - Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press)
SN - null
TODO - 10.1177/140349489202000110
TODO - HOME CARE; TERMINALLY ILL CANCER PATIENT; SURVIVAL OF CANCER PATIENT
TODO - A non-randomized study was undertaken in 1980-1982 to compare the
effectiveness of home care versus hospital care for patients suffering
from terminal stages of malignant diseases at a large cancer hospital in
Pireaus, Greece and in the surrounding community. The survival pattern
of 101 patients with malignant disease at various stages enrolled in a
home care program for terminal patients was compared with the survival
pattern of a matched comparison group of an equal number of hospital
treated cancer patients. The two groups were matched for age, sex, time
of initial diagnosis, primary tumor and stage of the disease at the time
of diagnosis. The comparison of the survival curves was done using the
logrank test taking into account censored observations. The results
indicate that, under the conditions prevailing while this study was
undertaken, home care was less effective compared to hospital care when
survival was used as the only outcome criterion.
ER -