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Decreased Administration of Life-Sustaining Treatment just before Death among Older Inpatients in Japan: A Time-Trend Analysis from 2012 through 2014 Based on a Nationally Representative Sample

The administration of intensive end-of-life care just before death in older patients has become a major policy concern, as it increases medical costs; however, care intensity does not necessarily indicate quality. This study aimed to describe the temporal trends in the administration of life-sustain...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Michi, Ohtera, Shosuke, Iwao, Tomohide, Neff, Yukiko, Uchida, Tomoe, Takahashi, Yoshimitsu, Kato, Genta, Kuroda, Tomohiro, Nishimura, Shuzo, Nakayama, Takeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803637
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063135