Intensity of acute care services at the end of life: Nonclinical determinants of treatment variation in an older adult population

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 722-728

  Ohta, Brenda ^a   Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NONHUMAN; RACE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79958199618     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0360     Document Type: Article

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