Quality of life and cost of care at the end of life: The role of advance directives

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 828-835

  Garrido, Melissa M ^a   Balboni, Tracy A ^b   Maciejewski, Paul K ^c   Bao, Yuhua ^c   Prigerson, Holly G ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; costs of care; DNR; end of life care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SELECTION BIAS; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; RIGHT TO DIE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RIGHT TO DIE; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929710609     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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