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Where do cancer patients die?: A review of cancer deaths in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1957?1974
| Τίτλος: | Where do cancer patients die?: A review of cancer deaths in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1957?1974 |
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| Συγγραφείς: | David E. Stewart, Arthur Flynn |
| Πηγή: | Journal of Community Health. 5:126-130 |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1979. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 1979 |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Adult, Terminal Care, Length of Stay, Middle Aged, Insurance, Hospitalization, Death Certificates, Nursing Homes, 3. Good health, Death, Hospitalization, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Humans, Aged, Ohio |
| Περιγραφή: | The great concern over the status and care of the dying cancer patient requires the understanding of current trends in care. An 18-year review of 55,288 death certificates of patients with cancer in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1957--1974) revealed that 35,381 patients (65%) died in acute and chronic care hospitals, 8,251 patients (15%) died in nursing homes, and 11,242 patients (20%) died at home. Trends over the 18-year period demonstrated a shift from patients dying at home to patients dying in nursing homes. The hospital care of dying cancer patients remained unchanged during the study period. An analysis of 33 consecutive patients dying of cancer over a six-month period in an acute care hospital in Cuyahoga County showed an average length of stay of 20.1 +/- 15.7 days, during which only palliative care was provided. The cost benefit of home care/hospice programs is related to the final hospital stay of the dying cancer patient. |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| ISSN: | 1573-3610 0094-5145 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01324014 |
| Σύνδεσμος πρόσβασης: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/262239 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/262239 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/262239 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01324014 |
| Rights: | Springer TDM |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7c0c877ed769b4cec396fe64f52b0430 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 15733610 00945145 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01324014 |