Length of Hospice Care among U.S. Adults: 1992-2000

This study examined length of service use among U.S. adult hospice patients based on data from the 1992-2000 National Home and Hospice Care Surveys. With the Kaplan-Meier method, we estimated length of service use of current and discharged hospice patients simultaneously. Using a multivariate Cox pr...

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Main Authors: Beth Han (Author), Robin E. Remsburg (Author), William J. McAuley (Author), Timothy J. Keay (Author), Shirley S. Travis (Author)
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Published: SAGE Publishing, 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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