End-of-life decision-making for patients admitted through the emergency department: Hospital variability, patient demographics, and changes over time

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-387

  Richardson, Derek K ^a   Zive, Dana M ^a   Newgard, Craig D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MALE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876372957     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12112     Document Type: Article

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