Associations between the Use of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Length of Stay in Patients with Stroke

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Shepardson, Laura B ^a,b   Justice, Amy C ^a,b   Harper, Dwain L ^c   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b,d  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cleveland Hlth Qual Choice Coal   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Health services research; Length of stay; Outcome assessment; Resuscitation orders; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OHIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348136442     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808001-00007     Document Type: Article

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