Quality and costs of end-of-life care: The need for transparency and accountability

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1868-1869

  Teno, Joan M ^a   Gozalo, Pedro L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; TERMINAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84918805031     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.14949     Document Type: Editorial

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