Trends in Hospice Referral and Length of Stay at a Veterans Hospital Over the Past Decade

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-436

  Tang, Victoria L ^a,b   French, Christopher J ^a,b   Cipher, Daisha J ^c   Rastogi, Padmashri ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate (DNR); duration of stay; end of life; hospice; length of stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DO NOT RESUSCITATE (DNR); DURATION OF STAY; END OF LIFE; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DO NOT RESUSCITATE (DNR); DURATION OF STAY; END OF LIFE; HOSPICE; LENGTH OF STAY;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 84881088250     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112453642     Document Type: Article

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