End-of-Life Care Transition Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1406-1413

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; Sankey diagram; transitions in care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

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

EID: 85017386000     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14891     Document Type: Article

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