Hospital death in dementia patients and regional provision of palliative and end-of-life care: National patient data analysis
Hospital death is associated with poor-quality end-of-life care, and hospital is the most common death location for dementia patients. However, end-of-life care is inappropriate for dementia, which is not a terminal condition. In Japan, dementia patients receive long-term hospital treatment, with fe...
Main Authors: | Kayo Hirooka, Miharu Nakanishi, Hiroki Fukahori, Atsushi Nishida |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-01-01
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Series: | Cogent Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2018.1483097 |
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