Change in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries: site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that more persons die at home. This has been cited as evidence that persons dying in the United States are using more supportive care. To describe changes in site of death, place of care, and health care transitions between 2000, 2005,...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 309; no. 5; p. 470
Main Authors:	Teno, Joan M, Gozalo, Pedro L, Bynum, Julie P W, Leland, Natalie E, Miller, Susan C, Morden, Nancy E, Scupp, Thomas, Goodman, David C, Mor, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 06.02.2013
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Cohort Studies Continuity of Patient Care Death Certificates Female Home Care Services - trends Home Care Services - utilization Hospice Care - trends Hospice Care - utilization Hospitals - statistics & numerical data Humans Intensive Care Units - trends Intensive Care Units - utilization Male Medicare Palliative Care - trends Palliative Care - utilization Patient Transfer Regression Analysis Retrospective Studies Terminal Care - statistics & numerical data Terminal Care - trends Terminal Care - utilization United States United States
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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