Hospice eligibility in patients who died in a tertiary care center

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-223

  Freund, Katherine ^a   Weckmann, Michelle T ^a   Casarett, David J ^b,c   Swanson, Kristi ^a   Brooks, Mary Kay ^d   Broderick, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Palliative care; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84857797859     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.975     Document Type: Article

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