Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 277-285 , September 2007

Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002

,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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 This study was sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

PII: S0885-3924(07)00352-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.03.007

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 277-285 , September 2007

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