Examining hospice enrollment through a novel lens: Decision time

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 168-175

  Wallace, Cara L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Hospice utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPEUTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978174638     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951516000493     Document Type: Article

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