Ownership status and patterns of care in hospice: Results from the national home and hospice care survey

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 432-438

  Carlson, Melissa D A ^a   Gallo, William T ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Hospice care; Hospices; Organization administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542453920     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124246.86156.54     Document Type: Article

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