What is the extent of potentially avoidable admissions amongst hospital inpatients with palliative care needs?

Background There is clear evidence that the full range of services required to support people dying at home are far from being implemented, either in England or elsewhere. No studies to date have attempted to identify the proportion of hospital admissions that could have been avoided amongst patien...

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Main Authors: Gott, Merryn, Gardiner, Clare, Ingleton, Christine, Cobb, Mark, Noble, Bill, Bennett, Michael I., Seymour, Jane
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2741/