A gravely ill patient faces the grim results of outliving her eligibility for hospice benefits.
Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. hunter.groninger@nih.gov
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D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index