Nursing homes and end-of-life care in japan

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 718-723

  Ikegami, Naoki ^a   Ikezaki, Sumie ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

End of life care; Financial incentives; Quality of care; Toolkit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

END-OF-LIFE CARE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; QUALITY OF CARE; TOOLKIT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884593319     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.008     Document Type: Review

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