Enhanced home palliative care could reduce emergency department visits due to non-organic dyspnea among cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Dyspnea is a common trigger of emergency department visits among terminally ill and cancer patients. Frequent emergency department (ED) visits at the end of life are an indicator of poor-quality care. We examined emergency department visit rates due to dyspnea symptoms among pall...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00713-6 |