Resource utilization and end-of-life care in a US hospital following medical emergency team-implemented do not resuscitate orders

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 372-378

  Dargin, James M ^a,b   Mackey, Caleb G ^a   Lei, Yuxiu ^a,b   Liesching, Timothy N ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901852919     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2183     Document Type: Article

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