Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 794-802 , October 2009

Medical Expenditure and Family Satisfaction Between Hospice and General Care in Terminal Cancer Patients in Taiwan

  • Wen-Yuan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tai-Yuan Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hua-Shai Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lance E. Davidson

      Affiliations

    • St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Tsann Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kao-Chi Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Fang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ing Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Wen Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School and Graduate Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chiu-Shong Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chiu-Shong Liu, Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, 2 Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan

Received 28 August 2008 ,Revised 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60407-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60407-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 794-802 , October 2009

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