Government expenditures at the end of life for short- and long-stay nursing home residents: Differences by hospice enrollment status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1284-1292

  Miller, Susan C ^a,c   Intrator, Orna ^a   Gozalo, Pedro ^a   Roy, Jason ^a   Barber, Janet ^b   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice; Medicaid; Medicare; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 3843149292     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52357.x     Document Type: Article

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