Evaluation of Palliative Care Related Hospital Admissions in a Regional Centre.
advance care planning
ambulance
emergency
hospital palliative care
readmission
symptom control
Journal
The American journal of hospice & palliative care
ISSN: 1938-2715
Titre abrégé: Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9008229
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Oct 2023
30 Oct 2023
Historique:
medline:
30
10
2023
pubmed:
30
10
2023
entrez:
30
10
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
A significant proportion of adults admitted to hospital are in their last year of life. We evaluated admissions for these patients. We identified ambulance callouts to patients known to the palliative care team. Data collected included admission outcome (e.g. discharge or death). There were 162 ambulance callouts between 126 patients known to the palliative care team. 8 patients (6%) died within 72 hours of admission. Our data suggests many palliative care patients can be appropriately treated in the community.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37901904
doi: 10.1177/10499091231211470
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
10499091231211470Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.