Hospice enrollment saves money for medicare and improves care quality across a number of different lengths-of-stay

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 552-561

  Kelley, Amy S ^a   Deb, Partha ^b,c   Du, Qingling ^a   Aldridge Carlson, Melissa D ^a,d   Sean Morrison, R ^a,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Mount Sinai Medical Student Training in Aging Research Program   (United States)

^e Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875025376     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0851     Document Type: Article

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