Ethnic variation in site of death of older adults dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1411-1416

  Enguidanos, Susan ^a,b   Yip, Judy ^a   Wilber, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dually eligible; End of life; Ethnicity; Medicare and Medicaid; Site of death

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 25144468371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53410.x     Document Type: Article

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