The growth of hospice care in U.S. nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1481-1488

  Miller, Susan C ^a   Lima, Julie ^a   Gozalo, Pedro L ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; hospice; Medicare; nursing homes; reimbursement policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955251718     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02968.x     Document Type: Article

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