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Article: Hospice care may lower end-of-life hospitalizations.
- Article from:
- Hospice Management Advisor
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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Hospice care may lower end-of-life hospitalizations
Study looks thoroughly at all factors
Hospice care has a strong impact on reducing end-of-life hospitalization rates among nursing home residents, according to a recent study that examined a variety of factors that could affect hospitalization rates in this population.
The study provides solid data for hospice directors to use when promoting hospice care in nursing homes, suggests Susan C. Miller, PhD, an associate professor of community health (research) at Brown Medical School in Providence, RI. Miller was a co-author of the study, which was published in Health Services Research.
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