Changes in medicare costs with the growth of hospice care in nursing homes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1823-1831

  Gozalo, Pedro ^a   Plotzke, Michael ^c   Mor, Vincent ^a,b   Miller, Susan C ^a   Teno, Joan M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PROPENSITY SCORE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928975014     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1408705     Document Type: Article

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