Impact of consideration of transplantation on end-of-life care for patients during a terminal hospitalization

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-646

  Walling, Anne M ^a,b,d   Asch, Steven M ^e,f   Lorenz, Karl A ^c   Wenger, Neil S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Palliative care; Quality of care; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84874658299     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318277f238     Document Type: Article

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