Predicting hospice appropriateness for patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 187-196

  Marsh, Gene W ^a,b   Prochoda, Karyn P ^c   Pritchett, Eugenia ^d   Vojir, Carol P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Medwise Primary Care Clinic   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COLORADO; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034320645     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2000.7654     Document Type: Article

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