Is the Palliative Performance Scale a useful predictor of mortality in a heterogeneous hospice population?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Harrold, Joan ^a   Rickerson, Elizabeth ^b   Carroll, Janet T ^a   McGrath, Jennifer ^c   Morales, Knashawn ^c   Kapo, Jennifer ^c   Casarett, David ^c,d,e  

^a Hospice of Lancaster County   (United States)

^b Columbia University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 21444432129     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.503     Document Type: Article

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