The triad that matters: Palliative medicine, code status, and health care costs

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 398-401

  Celso, Brian G ^a   Meenrajan, Senthil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

code status; health care cost; hospice; palliation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955340210     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909110363806     Document Type: Article

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