Community-based palliative care is associated with reduced emergency department use by people with dementia in their last year of life: A retrospective cohort study

Objective: To describe patterns in the use of hospital emergency departments in the last year of life by people who died with dementia and whether this was modified by use of community-based palliative care. Design: Retrospective population-based cohort study of people in their last year of life. T...

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Main Authors: Rosenwax, Lorna, Spilsbury, Katrina, Arendts, G., McNamara, Beverley, Semmens, James
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Science Press (UK) 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35065