Using more end-of-life homecare services is associated with using fewer acute care services: A population-based cohort study

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Seow, Hsien ^a   Barbera, Lisa ^b   Howell, Doris ^c   Dy, Sydney M ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care service use; End of life care; Homecare; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449137361     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c162ef     Document Type: Article

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