All hospice patients are not equal: Development of a visit-based acuity index

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-140

  Harrold, Joan ^a   Byhoff, Elena ^b   Harris, Pamela ^c   Szolarova, Robertina ^d   Bender, Laura ^b   Craig, Teresa ^e   Casarett, David ^b  

^a Hospice and Community Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^d Hospice By The Bay   (United States)

^e Suncoast Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894190532     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0109     Document Type: Article

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