Factors Influencing the Use of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2088-2094

  Tschirhart, Evan C ^a   Du, Qingling ^a   Kelley, Amy S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life decisions; intensive care; Medicare; terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLACK PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NURSING HOME; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; TERMINAL CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOME FOR THE AGED; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84922479510     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13104     Document Type: Article

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