Hospice usage by minorities in the last year of life: Results from the national mortality followback survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 970-978

  Greiner, K Allen ^a,b   Perera, Subashan ^b   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Hospice care; Minority groups; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038148390     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51310.x     Document Type: Review

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