Is survival better at hospitals with higher "End-of-Life" treatment intensity?

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

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

^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

Efficiency; Hospitals; Intensive care; Mortality; Quality; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449159110     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c161e4     Document Type: Article

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