Racial differences in hospice use and patterns of care after enrollment in hospice among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Unroe, Kathleen T ^a,b   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Johnson, Kimberly S ^b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Setoguchi, Soko ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84862537737     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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