Hospice Use Among Nursing Home Patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 254-259

  Unroe, Kathleen Tschantz ^a,b   Sachs, Greg A ^a,b   Hickman, Susan E ^a   Stump, Timothy E ^a   Tu, Wanzhu ^a,b   Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospice; Nursing home; Policy; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84878012982     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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