Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancer

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2004-2021

  Carlson, Melissa D A ^d   Herrin, Jeph ^a   Du, Qingling ^b   Epstein, Andrew J ^a   Cherlin, Emily ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^b,c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Health care organization; Hospice; Medicare hospice benefit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849123556     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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