Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1638-1644

  Johnson, Kimberly S ^a,b,c,d   Elbert Avila, Katja ^a,b,c,d   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^c   Tulsky, James A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; end of life care; hospice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPICE PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866364859     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04117.x     Document Type: Article

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