Journal article
Physician home visits to rostered patients during their last year of life: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Physician home visits are associated with better health outcomes, yet most patients near the end of life never receive such a visit. Our objectives were to describe the receipt of physician home visits during the last year of life after a referral to home care - an indication that the patient can no longer live independently - and to measure associations between patient characteristics and receipt of a home visit.
METHODS: We …
Authors
Scott MM; Webber C; Clarke AE; Hafid A; Isenberg SR; Jones A; Hsu AT; Conen K; Downar J; Manuel DG
Journal
CMAJ Open, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. e597–e606
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
July 2023
DOI
10.9778/cmajo.20220123
ISSN
2291-0026