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Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retr...

Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retr...

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Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study

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Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2018-02, Vol.13 (2), p.e0191322-e0191322

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in hospital.
To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is associated with lower odds of death in a hospital.
Observational retrospective cohort study, examining location of death and health care in the last year of life.
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Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2002481270

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2002481270

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0191322

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