Health care outcomes and advance care planning in older adults who receive home-based palliative care: A pilot cohort study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-44

  Chen, Christina Y ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Bjorg ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Hanson, Gregory J ^a   Peterson, Stephanie M ^a   Rahman, Parvez A ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Takahashi, Paul Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920274072     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0150     Document Type: Article

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