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General information

Miller, Susan C., Gozalo, Pedro and Mor, Vincent. Use of Medicare's Hospice Benefit by Nursing Facility Residents. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University. (March 2000).

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Keay, Timothy J. M.D., M.A.-TH. Hospice Care in the Nursing Home. American Family Physician. (February 1, 1998).

Connelly, Mavis. Hospice Health Care Financing Administration. Center for Medicaid and State Operations. Slides.

Assessment tools

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Practice guidelines

Judy Zerzan, MD; Sally Stearns, PhD; Laura Hanson, MD, MPH. Access to Palliative Care and Hospice in Nursing Homes. Journals of American Medical Association (November 15, 2000), vol. 284, no. 19.

Ferguson, Cynthia. Hospice Enhances Nursing Home Care. George Street Journal. (January 25, 2002)

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