Integrative Palliative Care, Advance Directives, and Hospital Outcomes of Critically Ill Older Adults

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 655-662

  Yoo, Ji Won ^a   Nakagawa, Shunichi ^b   Kim, Sulgi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; critical care; health services for the aged; hospice care; hospital costs; in hospital mortality; integrative medicine; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869032967     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909111435813     Document Type: Article

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