Oregon's low in-hospital death rates: What determines where people die and satisfaction with decisions on place of death?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 681-685

  Tolle, Susan W ^a   Rosenfeld, Anne G ^a   Tilden, Virginia P ^a   Park, Yon ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; LIVING WILL; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033586708     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-8-199904200-00015     Document Type: Review

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