Evaluating the impact of timing of initiation of community-based palliative care on use and cost of unplanned acute care services at the end of life: A study using linked hospital and community based provider service data
Introduction Expected time to death is often used to determine eligibility to publicly funded community-based palliative care (CPC) because most acute care costs in the end-of-life period are incurred immediately prior death. We know CPC use reduces acute care costs but the impact of timing of initi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2018-08-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
| Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/682 |