Increased hospice enrollment and decreased neurosurgical interventions without changes in mortality...
Increased hospice enrollment and decreased neurosurgical interventions without changes in mortality for older Medicare patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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English
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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Hospice improves quality and value of end of life care (EOLC), and enrollment has increased for older patients dying from chronic medical conditions. It remains unknown if the same is true for older patients who die after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI).
Subjects included Medicare beneficiaries (≥65 years) who were hospitalized...
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Increased hospice enrollment and decreased neurosurgical interventions without changes in mortality for older Medicare patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2013785002
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2013785002
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0002-9610
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1879-1883
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10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.02.028
