Hospice admissions for cancer in the final days of life: Independent predictors and implications for quality measures

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 3184-3189

  O'Connor, Nina R ^a   Hu, Rong ^a   Harris, Pamela S ^b   Ache, Kevin ^c   Casarett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c Suncoast Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TERMINAL CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907582391     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.8817     Document Type: Article

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