Journal article
Did Ontario's end-of-life care strategy reduce acute care service use?
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether Ontario's End-of-Life Care Strategy, which aimed to shift care from acute settings to the home, improved performance on quality indicators for end-of-life home care patients in use of more home care services and fewer acute care services. The study cohort included patients at the end of life admitted into home care between April 1, 2005, and September 30, 2006, and who died before April 1, …
Authors
Seow H; Barbera L; Howell D; Dy SM
Journal
Healthcare Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 93–100
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
January 13, 2010
DOI
10.12927/hcq.2013.21620
ISSN
1710-2774