National hospice survey results: for-profit status, community engagement, and service.

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Published in JAMA Intern Med on April 01, 2014

Authors

Melissa D Aldridge1, Mark Schlesinger2, Colleen L Barry3, R Sean Morrison4, Ruth McCorkle2, Rosemary Hürzeler5, Elizabeth H Bradley2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
2: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
3: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
4: Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York4Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
5: John D. Thompson Hospice Institute for Education, Training, and Research, Inc, Branford, Connecticut.

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