End-of-life quality-of-care measures for nursing homes: Place of death and hospice

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-446

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Caprio, Thomas ^b   Ahn, Richard ^a   Zheng, Nan ^c   Norton, Sally ^b   Quill, Timothy ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859789616     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0345     Document Type: Article

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