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A stepped-wedge randomised-controlled trial assessing the implementation, impact and costs of a prospective feedback loop to promote appropriate care and treatment for older patients in acute hospitals at the end of life: study protocol

BACKGROUND: Hospitalisation rates for the older population have been increasing with end-of-life care becoming a more medicalised and costly experience. There is evidence that some of these patients received non-beneficial treatment during their final hospitalisation with a third of the non-benefici...

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Autores principales: Lee, Xing J., Farrington, Alison, Carter, Hannah, Shield, Carla, Graves, Nicholas, McPhail, Steven M., Harvey, Gillian, White, Ben P., Willmott, Lindy, Cardona, Magnolia, Hillman, Ken, Callaway, Leonie, Barnett, Adrian G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32727393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01660-2