作者
Everlien de Graaf, Frederieke van der Baan, Matthew Paul Grant, Cathelijne Verboeket, Merel van Klinken, Adri Jobse, Marieke Ausems, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen
发表日期
2024/5/1
期刊
BMJ supportive & palliative care
卷号
14
期号
e1
页码范围
e1271-e1279
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
Hospice care in the Netherlands is provided in three different types of hospice facilities: volunteer-driven hospices (VDH), stand-alone hospices (SAHs) and hospice unit nursing homes (HU). The organisational structures range from care directed by trained volunteers in VDH to care provided by multiprofessional teams in SAH and HU units.
This study aims to characterise the patient populations who access Dutch hospices and describe the patient profiles in different hospice types.
Methods
A retrospective cohort study using clinical records of adult hospice inpatients in 2017–2018 from a random national sample of hospices.
Results
In total 803 patients were included from 51 hospices, mean age 76.1 (SD 12.4). 78% of patients had a primary diagnosis of cancer, 3% identified as non-Dutch cultural background and 17% were disorientated on admission. At admission, all patients were perceived to have …
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