Palliative Homecare Is Associated With Reduced High- And Low-Acuity Emergency Department Visits at the End of Life: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Cancer Decedents

作者: Rinku Sutradhar , Lisa Barbera , Hsien-Yeang Seow

DOI: 10.1177/0269216316663508

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摘要: Background:Prior work shows that palliative homecare services reduce the subsequent need for hospitalizations and emergency services; however, no study has investigated whether this association is present department visits of high acuity or it only applies to low-acuity visits.Aim:To examine between versus standard nursing rate high-acuity among cancer decedents during their last 6 months life.Design:This a retrospective cohort end-of-life patients in Ontario, Canada, who had confirmed cause death from 2004 2009. A multivariable Poisson regression analysis was implemented receipt (vs nursing) high- visits, separately.Results:There were 54,743 received 6 month...

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