Providing palliative care closer to home: a retrospective analysis from a remote Australian hospital.

Related Articles Providing palliative care closer to home: a retrospective analysis from a remote Australian hospital. Intern Med J. 2020 01;50(1):48-53 Authors: Watson BJ, Budd R, Waran E, Scott I, Quilty S Abstract BACKGROUND: Rural and remote patients have reduced access to palliative care, often resulting in inter-hospital transfers and death a long way from home and family. Katherine Hospital (KH), a 50-bed hospital services a population with high Aboriginality who experience this issue. AIMS: To characterise trends in mortality and transfers at a remote hospital in reference to increasing capacity to provide palliative care. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of deaths…
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