Association of hospice patients' income and care level with place of death

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 450-456

  Barclay, Joshua S ^a,b   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^b   Tulsky, James A ^b   Johnson, Kimberly S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSFER; POVERTY; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875784111     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2773     Document Type: Article

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