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Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in hospital. AIM: To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is associated with lower odds of death in a hospital. DESIGN: Observational retrospective cohort study, examining loc...

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Autores principales: Tanuseputro, Peter, Beach, Sarah, Chalifoux, Mathieu, Wodchis, Walter P., Hsu, Amy T., Seow, Hsien, Manuel, Douglas G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29447291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191322