An evaluation of the Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program: Increasing hospice utilization in the San Francisco Bay area

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1401-1411

  Ciemins, Elizabeth L ^a   Stuart, Brad ^b   Gerber, Rosemary ^b   Newman, Jeff ^a   Bauman, Marjorie ^b  

^a SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^b Sutter Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33846026372     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1401     Document Type: Article

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