Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study.
While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in hospital.To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is associated with lower odds of death in a hospital.Observational retrospective cohort study, examining location of death and health c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5813907?pdf=render |