Hospice care: What services do patients and their families receive?

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1672-1690

  Carlson, Melissa D A ^a,b   Morrison, R Sean ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Medicare Hospice Benefit; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPITE CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347398651     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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