Quality of hospice care for individuals with dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1060-1065

  Albrecht, Jennifer S ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^b   Fromme, Erik K ^c,d   McGregor, Jessina C ^e   Lee, David S H ^e   Furuno, Jon P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; hospice and palliative medicine; NHHCS; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RESUSCITATION;

DEMENTIA; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; NHHCS; QUALITY OF CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880278912     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12316     Document Type: Article

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