Circumstances of hospital admissions in palliative care: A cross-sectional survey of patients admitted to hospital with palliative care needs.

Related Articles Circumstances of hospital admissions in palliative care: A cross-sectional survey of patients admitted to hospital with palliative care needs. Palliat Med. 2018 05;32(5):1030-1036 Authors: Robinson J, Gott M, Frey R, Ingleton C Abstract BACKGROUND: On average, people will experience 2.28 hospital admissions in the last year of life with the likelihood of a hospital admission increasing in the last 2 weeks of life. Reducing hospital admissions has become a focus for high-income countries as they work to manage the financial implications of an ageing population. However, the circumstances by which patients with palliative care needs are admitted to hospital…
Origen: Circumstances of hospital admissions in palliative care: A cross-sectional survey of patients admitted to hospital with palliative care needs. – PubMed