Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients who Live in Minority Versus White Areas

BACKGROUND: Although hospice care can alleviate suffering at the end of life for patients with cancer, it remains underutilized, particularly by African Americans and Hispanics. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the racial composition of the census tract where an individual resides is associated with ho...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Haas, Jennifer S., Earle, Craig C., Orav, John E., Brawarsky, Phyllis, Neville, Bridget A., Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores, Williams, David R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
Materias:
Populations at Risk
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1824733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17356975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0034-y

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1824733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17356975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0034-y

Ejemplares similares