Improving rates of advance directive discussions among managed care nursing home enrollees

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 105-109

  DeLaGarza, Vincent W ^a   Andersen, Ross E ^a   Mach, John ^b   Bennett, Richard G ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Managed care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035008745     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70175-9     Document Type: Article

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