Rate of use and determinants of withdrawal of care among patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e579-e584

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a   Adil, Malik M ^a   Suri, M Fareed K ^a  

^a ZEENAT QURESHI STROKE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Palliative care; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WITHDRAWAL OF CARE; ADULT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL COST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84925553856     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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