Site of Death Among Veterans Living in Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-201

  Levy, Cari ^a,b   Hutt, Evelyn ^a,b   Pointer, Lauren ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospice; Nursing home; Site of death; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE OF DEATH; TERMINAL DISEASE; VETERAN; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84857193502     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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