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- Title
General practitioners’ perspectives on the avoidability of hospitalizations at the end of life: A mixed-method study.
- Authors
De Korte-Verhoef, Maria C; Pasman, H Roeline W; Schweitzer, Bart PM; Francke, Anneke L; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D; Deliens, Luc
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which aims to examine how to avoid hospitalizations in the last three months of life based on the insights of general practitioners in the Netherlands. The study conducted in-depth interviews among general practitioners after conducting a cross-sectional nationwide questionnaire study. Results show that 46% of the avoidable hospitalizations can be prevented by proactive patient communication while 28% by additional care at home.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; HOSPITAL care evaluation; FAMILIES &; psychology; CHI-squared test; FISHER exact test; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; GENERAL practitioners; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; TERMINALLY ill; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Palliative Medicine, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 7, p949
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216314528742