Involvement of a Case Manager in Palliative Care Reduces Hospitalisations at the End of Life in Cancer Patients; A Mortality Follow-Back Study in Primary Care

Annicka G. M. van der Plas; Kris C. Vissers; Anneke L. Francke; Gé A. Donker; Wim J. J. Jansen; Luc Deliens; Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133197

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Involvement of a Case Manager in Palliative Care Reduces Hospitalisations at the End of Life in Cancer Patients; A Mortality Follow-Back Study in Primary Care

Annicka G. M. van der Plas ,

* E-mail: eol@vumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Kris C. Vissers,

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain, and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Anneke L. Francke,

Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nursing Care, NIVEL Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Gé A. Donker,

Affiliation NIVEL Primary Care Database, Sentinel Practices, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wim J. J. Jansen,

Affiliations Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Luc Deliens,

Affiliation End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University, Brussel and Ghent, Belgium
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Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen

Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Involvement of a Case Manager in Palliative Care Reduces Hospitalisations at the End of Life in Cancer Patients; A Mortality Follow-Back Study in Primary Care

Annicka G. M. van der Plas,
Kris C. Vissers,
Anneke L. Francke,
Gé A. Donker,
Wim J. J. Jansen,
Luc Deliens,
Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen

Published: July 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133197

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