Use of Palliative Care in Patients With End-Stage COPD and Receiving Home Oxygen: National Trends and Barriers to Care in the United States

Chest

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-46

  Rush, Barret ^a,b   Hertz, Paul ^c   Bond, Alexandra ^a   McDermid, Robert C ^a,d   Celi, Leo Anthony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; home oxygen; palliative care; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009829416     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.06.023     Document Type: Article

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