Mary M Scott, Amy Ramzy, Sarina Roslyn Isenberg, Colleen Webber, Anan Bader Eddeen, Maya Murmann, Roshanak Mahdavi, Michelle Howard, Claire E Kendall, Christopher Klinger, Denise Marshall, Aynharan Sinnarajah, David Ponka, Sandy Buchman, Carol Bennett, Peter Tanuseputro, Simone Dahrouge, Kathryn May, Carrie Heer, Dana Cooper, Douglas Manuel, Kednapa Thavorn, Amy T Hsu
OBJECTIVES: Physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs) play critical roles in supporting palliative and end-of-life care in the community. We examined healthcare outcomes among patients who received home visits from physicians and NPs in the 90 days before death. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using linked data of adult home care users in Ontario, Canada, who died between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019. Healthcare outcomes included medications for pain and symptom management, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalisations and a community-based death...
November 18, 2023: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care