Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 134-144 , July 2009

Using the Palliative Performance Scale to Provide Meaningful Survival Estimates

  • Francis Lau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Francis Lau, PhD, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P5, Canada.
    • ,
  • Michael Downing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Victoria Hospice Society, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Mary Lesperance, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Nicholas Karlson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Statistical Consulting Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Craig Kuziemsky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Ju Yang, BSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

,Accepted 16 June 2008.

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 Funding for this study was provided by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research New Emerging Team grant in palliative and end-of-life care.

PII: S0885-3924(08)00652-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.05.017

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 134-144 , July 2009

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