Barriers to Hospice Care and Referrals: Survey of Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions in a Health Maintenance Organization

Brickner, Leslea; Scannell, Kate; Marquet, Stephanie; Ackerson, Lynn

doi:10.1089/1096621041349518

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Barriers to Hospice Care and Referrals: Survey of Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions in a Health Maintenance Organization

Published in Journal of Palliative Medicine • Jun 1, 2004

Authors:

Leslea Brickner

Kate Scannell

Stephanie Marquet

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Many proponents of hospice care believe that this service is underutilized. OBJECTIVE: To determine physicians' perceptions of hospice utilization and of their own hospice referral pattern; their perceived and actual knowledge of appropriate hospice referral diagnoses; and perceived ba...

Subject

Referral

Medicine

Family medicine

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