title: Race, Any Cancer, Income, or Cognitive Function: What Inf luences Hospice or Aggressive Services Use at the End of Life Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries?
authors.affiliation: U.S. Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, USA pkarikar@jhsph.edu.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karikari-Martin
authors.affiliation: Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA judy_j_mccann@rush.edu.
authors.forename: Judith J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.affiliation: Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Farran
authors.affiliation: Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Liesi E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.affiliation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Haffer
authors.affiliation: Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States