The lack of effect of market structure on hospice use

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1531-1551

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a   Chang, Virginia W ^a   Zhang, James X ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Inequality; Small area variation; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036941232     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.10562     Document Type: Article

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