Hospice use and high-intensity care in men dying of prostate cancer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Bergman, Jonathan ^a   Saigal, Christopher S ^a,b,c   Lorenz, Karl A ^c   Hanley, Janet ^d   Miller, David C ^e   Gore, John L ^a,c   Litwin, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; DYING; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79951519106     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.394     Document Type: Article

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