Transitions between healthcare settings of hospice enrollees at the end of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 314-322

  Wang, Shi Yi ^a,b   Aldridge, Melissa D ^c,d   Gross, Cary P ^b,e   Canavan, Maureen ^a   Cherlin, Emily ^a   Johnson Hurzeler, Rosemary ^f   Bradley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; hospice; transitions in care

Indexed keywords

AGED; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICARE; MODEL; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958952139     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13939     Document Type: Article

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