Predictors of hospice utilization among acute stroke patients who died within thirty days

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1249-1257

  DuPreez, Amanda E ^a,b   Smith, Maureen A ^a   Liou, Jinn Ing ^a   Frytak, Jennifer R ^c   Finch, Michael D ^d   Cleary, James F ^a   Kind, Amy J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Ingenix Inc   (United States)

^d Finch and King Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH TUBE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749179082     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0124     Document Type: Article

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