The impact of reported hospice preferred practices on hospital utilization at the end of life

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 657-663

  Aldridge, Melissa D ^a,b   Epstein, Andrew J ^c   Brody, Abraham A ^b,d   Lee, Eric J ^a   Cherlin, Emily ^e   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; end of life hospitalization; end of life intensity; hospice; hospice preferred practices; transitions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE CARE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975789341     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000534     Document Type: Article

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