Journal article
Does Increasing Home Care Nursing Reduce Emergency Department Visits at the End of Life? A Population-Based Cohort Study of Cancer Decedents
Abstract
CONTEXT: Despite being commonplace in health care systems, little research has described home care nursing's effectiveness to reduce acute care use at the end of life.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the temporal association between home care nursing rate on emergency department (ED) visit rate in the subsequent week during the last six months of life.
Authors
Seow H; Barbera L; Pataky R; Lawson B; O'Leary E; Fassbender K; McGrail K; Burge F; Brouwers M; Sutradhar R
Journal
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 204–212
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.10.008
ISSN
0885-3924