Journal article
Describing the characteristics and healthcare use of high-cost acute care users at the end of life: a pan-Canadian population-based study
Abstract
BackgroundA minority of individuals use a large portion of health system resources, incurring considerable costs, especially in acute-care hospitals where a significant proportion of deaths occur. We sought to describe and contrast the characteristics, acute-care use and cost in the last year of life among high users and non-high users who died in hospitals across Canada.MethodsWe conducted a population-based retrospective-cohort study of …
Authors
Qureshi D; Isenberg S; Tanuseputro P; Moineddin R; Quinn K; Meaney C; McGrail K; Seow H; Webber C; Fowler R
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2020
DOI
10.1186/s12913-020-05837-8
ISSN
1472-6963