Managed care, hospice use, site of death, and medical expenditures in the last year of life

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1722-1728

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a   Ash, Arlene ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Gazelle, Gail ^a   Levinsky, Norman G ^a   Saynina, Olga ^a   McClellan, Mark ^a   Moskowitz, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037067873     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.15.1722     Document Type: Article

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