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Economic (gross cost) analysis of systematically implementing a programme of advance care planning in three Irish nursing homes

BACKGROUND: Although advance care planning (ACP) and the use of advanced care directives (ACD) and end-of-life care plans are associated with a reduction in inappropriate hospitalisation, there is little evidence supporting the economic benefits of such programmes. We assessed the economic impact (g...

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Autores principales: O’Sullivan, Ronan, Murphy, Aileen, O’Caoimh, Rónán, Cornally, Nicola, Svendrovski, Anton, Daly, Brian, Fizgerald, Carol, Twomey, Cillian, McGlade, Ciara, Molloy, D. William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27112921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2048-9