Health Care Utilisation and Transitions between Health Care Settings in the Last 6 Months of Life in Switzerland.

BACKGROUND:Many efforts are undertaken in Switzerland to enable older and/or chronically ill patients to stay home longer at the end-of-life. One of the consequences might be an increased need for hospitalisations at the end-of-life, which goes along with burdensome transitions for patients and high...

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Main Authors: Caroline Bähler, Andri Signorell, Oliver Reich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5012658?pdf=render