The effect of hospice on hospitalizations of nursing home residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-159

  Zheng, Nan Tracy ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^b   Friedman, Bruce ^c   Caprio, Thomas V ^d   Temkin Greener, Helena ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Hospice care; Hospitalization; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; TERMINAL CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921647394     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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