The timing of do-not-resuscitate orders and hospital costs

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 190-192

  De Jonge, K Eric ^a,e   Sulmasy, Daniel P ^b   Gold, Karen G ^c   Epstein, Andrew ^c   Harper, Michael G ^a   Eisenberg, John M ^d   Schulman, Kevin A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders; Health care costs; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0001642467     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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