National hospice survey results for-profit status, community engagement, and service

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 500-506

  Aldridge, Melissa D ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^b   Barry, Colleen L ^c   Morrison, R Sean ^a,d   McCorkle, Ruth ^b   Hürzeler, Rosemary ^e   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e John D Thompson Hospice Institute for Education Training and Research Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CANCER CENTER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENIOR CENTER; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898443891     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3     Document Type: Review

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