Patients surviving six months in hospice care: Who are they?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 899-905

  Rothenberg, Lindsay R ^a   Doberman, Danielle ^b   Simon, Lin E ^c   Gryczynski, Jan ^d   Cordts, Grace ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Gilchrist Hospice   (United States)

^d FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECERTIFICATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905378436     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0512     Document Type: Article

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