Hospital end-of-life treatment intensity among cancer and non-cancer cohorts

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 521-529.e5

  Barnato, Amber E ^a,b   Cohen, Elan D ^a   Mistovich, Keili A ^c   Chang, Chung Chou H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; congestive heart failure; end of life care; health services; hospital; intensive care; mechanical ventilation; Terminal care; utilization; variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE MIX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84924631417     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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