The extent and cost of potentially avoidable admissions in hospital inpatients with palliative care needs: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-272

  Robinson, Jackie ^a,b   Boyd, Michal ^a   O'Callaghan, Anne ^b   Laking, George ^b   Frey, Rosemary ^a   Raphael, Deborah ^a   Snow, Barry ^b   Gott, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84939782097     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000724     Document Type: Article

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