Resource use in the last 6 months of life: What does it mean for patients?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-195

  Gibson, Rosemary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NOTE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ALBERTA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79953313894     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.360     Document Type: Editorial

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