Does Continuous Hospice Care Help Patients Remain at Home?

Casarett, David; Harrold, Joan; Harris, Pamela S; Bender, Laura; Farrington, Sue; Smither, Eugenia; Ache, Kevin; Teno, Joan

Casarett, David; Harrold, Joan; Harris, Pamela S; Bender, Laura; Farrington, Sue; Smither, Eugenia; Ache, Kevin; Teno, Joan.

Affiliation

Casarett D; Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: Casarett@mail.med.upenn.edu.
Harrold J; Hospice and Community Care, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
Harris PS; Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Bender L; Penn Home Care and Hospice Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Farrington S; Suncoast Solutions Incorporated, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Smither E; Hospice of the Bluegrass, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Ache K; Suncoast Hospice, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Teno J; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

J Pain Symptom Manage ; 50(3): 297-304, 2015 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25936937

Subject(s)

Home Care Services/statistics & numerical data; Hospice Care/methods; Hospice Care/statistics & numerical data; Aged; Caregivers; Cohort Studies; Death; Electronic Health Records; Family; Female; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Inpatients/statistics & numerical data; Male; Nursing Homes/statistics & numerical data

Key words

Death; end of life; hospice; nursing

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hospice Care / Home Care Services Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J Pain Symptom Manage Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA / TERAPEUTICA Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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