The effect of advance directives on end-of-life cost experience

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1137-1156

  Fonk, James ^a   Davidoff, Donna ^a   Lutzow, Thomas ^a   Chesley, Noelle ^b   Mathiowetz, Nancy ^b  

^a Independent Care Health Plan ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; Advance directives; Do not resuscitate; End of life costs; Health care planning; Living will; POLST; Power of attorney

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864448624     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0098     Document Type: Article

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