Is the French palliative care policy effective everywhere? Geographic variation in changes in inpatient death rates among older patients in France, 2010–2013 | Zendy

William B. Weeks | Zendy; Bruno Ventelou | Zendy; MarcKarim Bendiane | Zendy

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Is the French palliative care policy effective everywhere? Geographic variation in changes in inpatient death rates among older patients in France, 2010–2013

Author(s) -

William B. Weeks,

Bruno Ventelou,

MarcKarim Bendiane

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm.2016.08.05

Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , disease , medical diagnosis , cancer , inpatient care , mortality rate , emergency medicine , observational study , health care , pediatrics , nursing , pathology , economics , economic growth

Recently, French policymakers have tried to improve care at the end-of-life, by improving access to community-based palliative care, particularly for patients with cancer and neurological diseases. If effective, these efforts should reduce the proportion of such patients who die in the hospital. In light of these policies, we sought to determine the effectiveness of these efforts on reducing inpatient deaths by conducting a retrospective, observational analysis of patients aged 65 and older who were admitted to hospitals in France between 2010 and 2013 for 1 of 3 non-surgical conditions.

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