The Prevalence of Inpatients at 33 U.S. Hospitals Appropriate for and Receiving Referral to Palliative Care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 360-372

  Szekendi, Marilyn K ^a   Vaughn, Jocelyn ^a   Lal, Ashima ^b   Ouchi, Kei ^c   Williams, Mark V ^d  

^a University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963853579     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0236     Document Type: Article

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