Predictors and trajectories of ED visits among patients receiving palliative home care services: findings from a time series analysis (2013-2017)
Abstract Background Current policies recommend integrating home care and palliative care to enable patients to remain at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admission and emergency department (ED) visits. The Italian health care system had implemented integrated palliative home care (IHPC) services...
Main Authors: | Alberto Borraccino, Sara Campagna, Gianfranco Politano, Marco Dalmasso, Valerio Dimonte, Maria Michela Gianino |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-020-00626-w |
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