Development and validation of hospital end-of-life treatment intensity measures

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1098-1105

  Barnato, Amber E ^a,b   Farrell, Max H ^c   Chang, Chung Chou H ^a,b   Lave, Judith R ^a   Roberts, Mark S ^a,b   Angus, Derek C ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Intensive care units; Life support care; Medicare; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349678696     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181993191     Document Type: Article

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