DOI: 10.1097/01.NT.0000369635.27165.51

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Issn Print: 1533-7006

Publication Date: 2010/03/18


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Feeding Tubes More Often Placed in Dementia Patients at For-Profit, Larger Hospitals

DAN HURLEY

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A new study reporting that higher insertion rates for feeding tubes were observed for nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment at for-profit compared to government-owned hospitals elicits discussion about neurologists' role in these types of end-of-life care decisions.

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