End-of-life expenditures by Ohio Medicaid beneficiaries dying of cancer

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-80

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a   Beaird, Heather ^c   Madigan, Elizabeth ^b   Diaz, Mireya ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Summit County Alcohol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE CARE; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33847616091     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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