Increased satisfaction with care and lower costs: Results of a randomized trial of in-home palliative care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 993-1000

  Brumley, Richard ^a   Enguidanos, Susan ^b,c   Jamison, Paula ^b   Seitz, Rae ^a   Morgenstern, Nora ^a   Saito, Sherry ^a   McIlwane, Jan ^a   Hillary, Kristine ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

^c Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; In home services; Palliative care; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRAINING;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34347383556     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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