A new era of for-profit hospice care - The medicare benefit

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2701-2703

  Iglehart, John K ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 67649403225     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0902437     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Report to the Congress: Medicare payment policy. Washington, DC: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, March 2009.
2. Back AL, Young JP, McCown E, et al. Abandonment at the end of life from patient, caregiver, nurse, and physician perspectives: loss of continuity and lack of closure. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:4749.
3. National end-of-life organizations release consensus statement on hospice, the Medicare hospice benefit, and key issues for the future. Alexandria, VA: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2009. (Accessed June 4, 2009, at http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5803. )