Managing end-of-life care: Comparing the experiences of terminally ill patients in managed care and fee for service

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2077-2083

  Slutsman, Julia ^a   Emanuel, Linda L ^b   Fairclough, Diane ^c   Bottorff, Debra ^d   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; End of life; Managed care; Outcomes; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036903127     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50622.x     Document Type: Article

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