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The effect of inpatient hospice units on hospice use post-admission
Author(s)Sara E Erickson, Terri R Fried, Emily Cherlin
Journal titleHome Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 21, no 2, 2002
Pagespp 73-83
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsTerminal care ; Admission [hospitals] ; Usage [services] ; United States of America.
AnnotationThis study determined whether having a hospice unit within the hospital increases the proportion of terminally ill patients who use hospice services post-admission. Medical record data abstracted for 232 randomly selected patients with terminal cancer admitted to six community hospitals in Connecticut was used. It was found that patients admitted to a hospital with a hospice unit were more likely to use hospice services post-admission than patients admitted to a hospital without a hospice unit. This effect persisted after adjustment for patient age, gender, marital status, documented discussions of prognosis, prior hospice use and type of cancer. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-021126203 A
ClassmarkLV: LD:QKH: QLD: 7T

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