2024
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.221513
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Estimated mortality risk and use of palliative care services among home care clients during the last 6 months of life: a retrospective cohort study

Maya Murmann,
Douglas G. Manuel,
Peter Tanuseputro
et al.

Abstract: Background: In Canada, only 15% of patients requiring palliative care receive such services in the year before death. We describe health care utilization patterns among home care users in their last 6 months of life to inform care planning for older people with varying mortality risks and evolving care needs as they decline. Methods: Using population health administrative data from Ontario, we performed a retrospective cohort study involving home care clients aged 50 ye… Show more

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