Medicare Program Expenditures Associated with Hospice Use

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-277

  Campbell, Diane E ^b   Lynn, Joanne ^a   Louis, Tom A ^b   Shugarman, Lisa R ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1042288307     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-4-200402170-00009     Document Type: Article

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