The care span: End-of-life care for medicare beneficiaries with cancer is highly intensive overall and varies widely

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 786-796

  Morden, Nancy E ^a,b,c   Chang, Chiang Hua ^b   Jacobson, Joseph O ^d,e   Berke, Ethan M ^a,b,c   Bynum, Julie P W ^b   Murray, Kimberly M ^f   Goodman, David C ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862487982     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0650     Document Type: Article

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