The health impact of health care on families: A matched cohort study of hospice use by decedents and mortality outcomes in surviving, widowed spouses

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 465-475

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Caregiving; Externalities; Marriage; Social networks; Terminal care; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WIDOW;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0037603457     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00370-2     Document Type: Article

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