Medical Manuscripts Impact of Hospice Enrollment on Cost and Length of Stay of a Terminal Admission

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 576-578

  Weckmann, Michelle T ^a   Freund, Katherine ^a   Bay, Camden ^a   Broderick, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cost; hospice; length of stay; palliative care consult; terminal admission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL ADMISSION;

CANCER; COST; HOSPICE; LENGTH OF STAY; PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULT; TERMINAL ADMISSION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883154889     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112459368     Document Type: Article

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