Journal of pain and symptom management
-
J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2013
Multicenter StudyDo patients with advanced cognitive impairment admitted to hospitals with higher rates of feeding tube insertion have improved survival?
Research is conflicting on whether receiving medical care at a hospital with more aggressive treatment patterns improves survival. ⋯ Hospitals with more aggressive patterns of feeding tube insertion did not have improved survival for hospitalized nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment.