Impact of individual and market factors on the timing of initiation of hospice terminal care

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 528-541

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,c   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b  

^a The University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Hospice care; Medicare; Prognosis; Socioeconomic factors; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034183303     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200005000-00009     Document Type: Article

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