Rural-Urban Differences in End-of-Life Nursing Home Care: Facility and Environmental Factors

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Examines urban-rural difference in end-of-life (EOL) quality of care provided in nursing homes from 2005 to 2007 based on 3 quality measures: in-hospital death, hospice referral before death, and presence of severe pain.

Helena Temkin-Greener, Nan Tracy Zheng, Dana B. Mukamel

Gerontologist, 52(3), 335-344

06/2012

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Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Long-term care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data