End-of-life care in U.S. nursing homes: Nursing homes with special programs and trained staff for hospice or palliative/end-of-life care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 866-877

  Miller, Susan C ^a   Han, Beth ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CERTIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50049126490     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0278     Document Type: Article

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