Change in end-of-life care for medicare beneficiaries: Site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 470-477

  Teno, Joan M ^a   Gozalo, Pedro L ^a   Bynum, Julie P W ^b   Leland, Natalie E ^c   Miller, Susan C ^a   Morden, Nancy E ^b   Scupp, Thomas ^a   Goodman, David C ^b   Mor, Vincent ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE TRANSITION; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE BENEFICIARY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84873264344     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.207624     Document Type: Article

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