A hospice-hospital partnership: Reducing hospitalization costs and 30-day readmissions among seriously ill adults

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1005-1010

  Tangeman, John C ^a   Rudra, Carole B ^b   Kerr, Christopher W ^a   Grant, Pei C ^a  

^a Center for Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^b Canget BioTekpharma LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907013725     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0612     Document Type: Article

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