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Tube Feeding in US Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia, 2000-2014

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Tube Feeding in US Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia, 2000-2014 a Race data were obtained from the Minimum Data Set, which categorized race as white, black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, other, and unable to determine.For this study, race data were categorized as white, black, or other.b Adjusted for age, sex, race, and prior stroke.c Adjusted for age, sex, and prior stroke.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9374

Authors: Susan L. Mitchell, Vincent Mor, Pedro L. Gozalo, Joseph L. Servadio, Joan M. Teno

Institutions: Harvard University, Hebrew SeniorLife, Brown University, University of Washington

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging