Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 3, 2021, Pages

  Shepperd, Sasha ^a   Gonçalves Bradley, Daniela C ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^b   Wee, Bee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIAS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85102913733     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009231.pub3     Document Type: Review

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