Open AccessDiscussions With Physicians About Hospice Among Patients With Metastatic Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Haiden A. Huskamp,
Nancy L. Keating,
Jennifer L. Malin,
Alan M. Zaslavsky,
Jane C. Weeks,
Craig C. Earle,
Joan M. Teno,
Beth A Virnig,
Katherine L. Kahn,
Yulei He,
John Z. Ayanian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.127
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , hospice care , family medicine , logistic regression , cancer , terminally ill , lung cancer , health care , nursing , palliative care , economics , economic growth
Many terminally ill patients enroll in hospice only in the final days before death or not at all. Discussing hospice with a health care provider could increase awareness of hospice and possibly result in earlier use.
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