"Hospices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Facilities or services which are especially devoted to providing palliative and supportive care to the patient with a terminal illness and to the patient's family.
| Descriptor ID |
D006738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.421.556.185 N02.421.143.550
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospices" by people in Profiles.
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He M, O'Connor SJ, Qu H, Menachemi N, Shewchuk RM. Hospice inpatient services provision, utilization, and financial performance. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 46(4):E68-E76.
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He M, O'Connor SJ, Qu H, Menachemi N, Shewchuk RM. Factors associated with the provision of inpatient care in hospices. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 46(4):E61-E67.
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Buckingham L, Janssen M, Ray EM, Tucker K, Davidson BA, Arenth J, Lefkowits C, Jones JA, Gehrig P, Jones CA. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Serious Illness in Pregnancy. J Palliat Med. 2020 05; 23(5):712-718.
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Allen JY, Haley WE, Small BJ. Bereavement outcomes among spousal hospice caregivers: Relief, rumination, and perceived patient suffering. Death Stud. 2021; 45(5):371-379.
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Kheirbek RE, Fletcher RD, Bakitas MA, Fonarow GC, Parvataneni S, Bearden D, Bailey FA, Morgan CJ, Singh S, Blackman MR, Zile MR, Patel K, Ahmed MB, Tucker RO, Brown CJ, Love TE, Aronow WS, Roseman JM, Rich MW, Allman RM, Ahmed A. Discharge Hospice Referral and Lower 30-Day All-Cause Readmission in Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Jul; 8(4):733-40.
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Lyckholm LJ, Coyne PJ, Kreutzer KO, Ramakrishnan V, Smith TJ. Barriers to effective palliative care for low-income patients in late stages of cancer: report of a study and strategies for defining and conquering the barriers. Nurs Clin North Am. 2010 Sep; 45(3):399-409.
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Jang Y, Chiriboga DA, Allen JY, Kwak J, Haley WE. Willingness of older Korean-American adults to use hospice. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Feb; 58(2):352-6.
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Kwak J, Haley WE, Chiriboga DA. Racial differences in hospice use and in-hospital death among Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible nursing home residents. Gerontologist. 2008 Feb; 48(1):32-41.
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Haley WE, McMillan SC, Schonwetter RS. Nurses' and social workers' experience with patients who requested assistance with suicide. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 19; 347(25):2082-3; author reply 2082-3.
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Allen RS, Haley WE, Small BJ, McMillan SC. Pain reports by older hospice cancer patients and family caregivers: the role of cognitive functioning. Gerontologist. 2002 Aug; 42(4):507-14.