Churning: The Association between Health Care Transitions and Feeding Tube Insertion for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cognitive Impairment

BACKGROUND: There is a tenfold variation across U.S. states in the prevalence of feeding tube use among elderly nursing home residents (NHR) with advanced cognitive impairment. The goal of this study was to examine whether regions with higher rates of health care transitions at the end of life are m...

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Main Authors: Teno, Joan M., Mitchell, Susan L., Skinner, Jonathan, Kuo, Sylvia, Fisher, Elliott, Intrator, Orna, Rhodes, Ramona, Mor, Vincent
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2009
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Pioneers in Palliative Care Feature Editor: Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700356/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19327073
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2008.0168
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