"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 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospices" by people in Profiles.
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Variation in hospice use among trauma centers may impact analysis of geriatric trauma outcomes: An analysis of 1,961,228 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospitalizations from 2,317 facilities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Apr 01; 94(4):554-561.
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Hospice inpatient services provision, utilization, and financial performance. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 46(4):E68-E76.
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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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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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Bereavement outcomes among spousal hospice caregivers: Relief, rumination, and perceived patient suffering. Death Stud. 2021; 45(5):371-379.
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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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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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Willingness of older Korean-American adults to use hospice. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Feb; 58(2):352-6.
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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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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.