Documentation of information and care planning for patients with advanced cancer: Associations with patient characteristics and utilization of hospital care

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 543-549

  Sharma, Rashmi K ^a   Dy, Sydney M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; hospice; information and care planning; race ethnicity; utilization of care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82955228936     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111404208     Document Type: Article

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