Evaluation of Prognostic Criteria for Determining Hospice Eligibility in Patients With Advanced Lung, Heart, or Liver Disease

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Abstract
Technological advances in medicine and improvements in public health have enabled Americans to live longer and to survive potentially life-threatening events such as childbirth, infectious disease, and injury. A result of these advances has been the emergence of serious chronic diseases as a major pathway toward death.