Review of medicare's proposed hospice eligibility criteria for select noncancer patients

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Schonwetter, Ronald S ^a   Soendker, Sandra ^b   Perron, Vince ^a   Martin, Brenda ^b   Robinson, Bruce E ^a   Thal, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LifePath Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032059540     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990919801500310     Document Type: Article

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