Predictors of six-month survival among patients with dementia: An evaluation of hospice Medicare guidelines

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-113

  Schonwetter, Ronald S ^a,b   Han, Beth ^c   Small, Brent J ^c   Martin, Brenda ^b   Tope, Kimberly ^b   Haley, William E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LifePath Hospice Palliative Care I   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia patients; End stage illness; Hospice Medicare guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANOREXIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038024566     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910302000208     Document Type: Review

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