Down the Drain: The Cost of Medications Wasted in Hospice

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 379-380

  Hauser, Joshua M ^a   Chen, Lex ^a   Paice, Judith ^a  

^a Buehler Center on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYDOSE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646555143     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.12.017     Document Type: Letter

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