Browsing Clinical Inquiries, 2005 by Title "Which late-stage Alzheimer's patients should be referred for hospice care?"
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Which late-stage Alzheimer's patients should be referred for hospice care?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)Medicare guidelines are used to determine eligibility for hospice care (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based on expert opinion), but they correlate with 6-month mortality no better than an experienced clinician's ...