Does this dementia patient meet the prognosis eligibility requirements for hospice enrollment?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 750-756

  Jayes, Robert L ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Fromme, Erik K ^c  

^a George Washington Medical Faculty Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; hospice care; life expectancy; nursing homes; predictive value of tests; prognosis; severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868559859     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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