Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: A nationwide study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-438

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,c   Teno, Joan M ^b   Intrator, Orna ^b   Feng, Zhanlian ^b   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dementia; Hospitalization; Nursing home; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POWER OF ATTORNEY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847261537     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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