3279.0 End of Life Care

Monday, October 29, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Inadequate understanding of code status improved by case-based learning
Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, MD MPH and Margaret Drickamer, MD
Board 2
Hospice: Quality of care ratings by patients and families
Robert Wolosin, PhD
Board 3
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among nursing home residents at the end of life: Associations with facility characteristics
Jingping Xing, Dana B. Mukamel, PhD and Helena Temkin-Greener, PhD
Board 4
Do women make different choices about end of life care? A national study of gender differences in Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders among nursing home residents
Dana B. Mukamel, PhD, Lauren Bailey, MS, Heather Ladd, MS and Helena Temkin-Greener, PhD
Board 5
In-hospital hospice units: A novel approach to care in the final days
Zachary Binney, Paul Desandre, DO and Tammie Quest, MD
  
Board 6
Palliative care guideline development process and role of project champion
Thea Carruth, MPH
Board 7
Do Racial and Diagnostic Disparities in Hospice Use exist at the End of Life?
Pauline Karikari-Martin, PhD(c), MPH, MSN, APHN-BC, Judy McCann, PhD, RN, Carol Farran, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Samuel C. Haffer, PhD and Marcia Phillips, PhD, RN
Board 8
Determining factors for revaccination with pneumococcal vaccine for the elderly in the latter-stage of life in Shiga Prefecture in Japan
Suketaka Iwanaga, MD, Mugumi Noami, MPH, Keiko Kusaka, MD, Kazuyoshi Harano, MD, Masahiro Tanaka, MD, Kazunari Satomura, MD, PhD and Toshitaka Nakahara, MD,PhD,MPH

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Organized by: Aging & Public Health

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