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Session: End of Life Issues
5048.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
End of Life Issues
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Jan Warren-Findlow, PhD
8:30 AMMedicaid nursing facility payment under state and federal cutbacks  [ Recorded presentation ]
James H. Swan, PhD, Kathy Dreyer, MS, Joan Marie Covert, BS, Charlene Harrington, PhD
8:45 AMMedicare charges in the last year of life: Distribution by quarter for rural and urban decedents with Dementia  [ Recorded presentation ]
Charles E. Gessert, MD, MPH, Irina V. Haller, PhD, MS. Awards: Excellence in Aging and Rural Health - Honorable Mention
9:00 AMEnd of life attitudes, behaviors and concerns: Massachusetts perspectives  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ruth Palombo, PhD, Margaret Ann Metzger, JD
9:15 AMImproving care at end of life: Findings from a randomized in home palliative care study  [ Recorded presentation ]
Richard Brumley, MD, Susan Enguidanos, MPH, PhD
9:30 AMHas quality of nursing home care changed following publication of the Nursing Home Compare report card?
Dana B. Mukamel, PhD, William D. Spector, PhD, David L. Weimer, PhD, Jacqueline S. Zinn, PhD, Heather A. Ladd, MS, Kimberly I. Edgcomb, MA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA