Net worth predicts symptom burden at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 827-837

  Silveira, Maria J ^a,b,f   Kabeto, Mohammed U ^b   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Ctr Res Educ Care of Older Adults   (United States)

^f 300 North Ingalls Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; END OF LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL WORK; SYMPTOM BURDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24644485333     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.827     Document Type: Article

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