Referral of terminally ill patients for hospice: Frequency and correlates

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Fried, Terri R ^a   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^b   Johnson Hurzeler, Rosemary ^c   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c John D Thompson Hospice Inst T   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0034585513     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970001600404     Document Type: Article

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