Abstract:
:Despite very little confirming evidence, one of the most pervasive beliefs about dying is that terminally ill people receive a great deal of health care in the last few days, weeks, or months of life. A secondary analysis of 1992/93 through 1996/97 Alberta inpatient hospital abstracts data was undertaken to explore and describe hospital use over the five years before death by all Albertans who died in acute care hospital beds during the 1996/97 year (n = 7,429). There were four key findings: (1) hospital use varied, but was most often low, (2) the last hospital stay was infrequently resource intensive, (3) age, gender, and illness did not distinguish use, and (4) most ultra-high users were rural residents, with the majority of care episodes taking place in small, rural hospitals.
journal_name
J Palliat Carejournal_title
Journal of palliative careauthors
Wilson DM,Truman CDsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-04-01 00:00:00pages
29-38issue
1eissn
0825-8597issn
2369-5293journal_volume
18pub_type
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