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. 2012 Sep;42(9):1053-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02830.x.

Palliative care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: exploring the landscape

J Philip  1 , A Lowe, M Gold, C Brand, B Miller, J Douglass, V Sundararajan
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Palliative care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: exploring the landscape

J Philip et al. Intern Med J. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience a substantial symptom burden, high levels of psychosocial need and significant mortality. This epidemiological study reveals that the majority of patients are cared for in the public hospital system (64%) and generally die in hospital (72%) with a number of identifiable predictors of 6-month mortality. Our results suggest that palliative care services need to be redirected from a community-based admission focus to a model that is responsive to emergency and acute care hospital systems.

Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; epidemiology; hospitalisation; palliative care.

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