Hospital death in dementia patients and regional provision of palliative and end-of-life care: National patient data analysis

Hospital death in dementia patients and regional provision of palliative and end-of-life care: National patient data analysis

Hospital death is associated with poor-quality end-of-life care, and hospital is the most common death location for dementia patients. However, end-of-life care is inappropriate for dementia, which is not a terminal condition. In Japan, dementia patients receive long-term hospital treatment, with fe...

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Main Authors: Kayo Hirooka, Miharu Nakanishi, Hiroki Fukahori, Atsushi Nishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Medicine
Subjects:
discharge outcome
dementia
place of death
palliative care
end-of-life care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2018.1483097

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