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What Are Staff Perceptions About Their Current Use of Emergency Departments for Long-Term Care Residents at End of Life?

The goal of this study was to examine current rates of resident deaths, Emergency Department (ED) use within the last year of life, and hospital deaths for long-term care (LTC) residents. Using a mixed-methods approach, we compared these rates across four LTC homes in Ontario, Canada, and explored p...

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Autores principales: Kaasalainen, Sharon, Sussman, Tamara, Durepos, Pamela, McCleary, Lynn, Ploeg, Jenny, Thompson, Genevieve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7328671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29271241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054773817749125