A cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence of undertreatment of nonpain symptoms and factors associated with undertreatment in older nursing home hospice/palliative care patients

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Rodriguez, Keri L ^a   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,c   Perera, Subashan ^b,c   Jaffe, Emily J ^b   Sevick, Mary Ann ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aged; Hospice care; Long term care; Nursing homes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DECUBITUS; DIARRHEA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE NURSING; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NAUSEA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNDERTREATMENT; VOMITING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DRUG;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955495268     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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