Organizational determinants of hospital end-of-life treatment intensity

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 524-530

  Lin, Caroline Y ^a   Farrell, Max H ^a   Lave, Judith R ^a,b   Angus, Derek C ^a,b   Barnato, Amber E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Intensive care units; Life support care; Organization and administration; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65549088434     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31819261bd     Document Type: Article

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