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Which patients with advanced respiratory disease die in hospital? A 14-year population-based study of trends and associated factors

BACKGROUND: Strategies in many countries have sought to improve palliative care and reduce hospital deaths for non-cancer patients, but their effects are not evaluated. We aimed to determine the trends and factors associated with dying in hospital in two common progressive respiratory diseases, and...

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Autores principales: Higginson, Irene J., Reilly, Charles C., Bajwah, Sabrina, Maddocks, Matthew, Costantini, Massimo, Gao, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28143520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0776-2