Racial differences in hospice use and in-hospital death among medicare and medicaid dual-eligible nursing home residents

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-41

  Kwak, Jung ^a   Haley, William E ^b   Chiriboga, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Place of death; Race

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849130620     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.1.32     Document Type: Article

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