Community supply of hospice: Does wealth play a role?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-82

  Silveira, Maria J ^a,b   Connor, Stephen R ^c,d   Goold, Susan D ^a,b   McMahon, Lawrence F ^b   Feudtner, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization   (United States)

^d Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; disparities; geography; Hospice; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HISPANIC; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960150986     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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