Hospice care in nursing homes: Does it contribute to higher quality pain management?

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-333

  Kayser Jones, Jeanie S ^a   Kris, Alison E ^b   Miaskowski, Christine A ^a   Lyons, William L ^c   Paul, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Nursing home; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MEDICATION QUANTIFICATION SCALE; MONEY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744489309     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.3.325     Document Type: Review

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