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Comparative Study
. 1988 Feb;26(2):177-82.
doi: 10.1097/00005650-198802000-00008.

Comparing the quality of death for hospice and non-hospice cancer patients

K A Wallston  1 , C Burger, R A Smith, R J Baugher
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Comparative Study

Comparing the quality of death for hospice and non-hospice cancer patients

K A Wallston et al. Med Care. 1988 Feb.

Abstract

In this secondary analysis of data from the National Hospice Study (NHS), a new measure, quality of death (QOD), was developed by weighting reports of cancer patients' last 3 days of life by what patients wanted their last 3 days to be like. Using analysis of covariance, the QOD scores were higher for terminally ill patients in hospices (either home-care [HC] or hospital-based [HB]) than similar patients who received conventional care (CC). The results are discussed in terms of verification of the hospice philosophy and other uses for a quality of death measure.

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