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Morbidity Burden And Community-Based Palliative Care Are Associated With Rates Of Hospital Use By People With Schizophrenia In The Last Year Of Life: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study, Katrina Spilsbury, Lorna Rosenwax, Kate Brameld, Brian Kelly, Glenn Arendts
Morbidity Burden And Community-Based Palliative Care Are Associated With Rates Of Hospital Use By People With Schizophrenia In The Last Year Of Life: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study, Katrina Spilsbury, Lorna Rosenwax, Kate Brameld, Brian Kelly, Glenn Arendts
Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles
Objective: People with schizophrenia face an increased risk of premature death from chronic diseases and injury. This study describes the trajectory of acute care health service use in the last year of life for people with schizophrenia and how this varied with receipt of community based specialist palliative care and morbidity burden.
Method: A population-based retrospective matched cohort study of people who died from 01/01/ 2009 to 31/12/2013 with and without schizophrenia in Western Australia. Hospital inpatient, emergency department, death and community-based care data collections were linked at the person level. Rates of emergency department presentations and hospital admissions over …
Key Features Of Palliative Care Service Delivery To Indigenous Peoples In Australia, New Zealand, Canada And The United States: A Comprehensive Review, Shaouli Shahid, Emma V. Taylor, Shelley Cheetham, John A. Woods, Samar M. Aoun, Sandra C. Thompson
Key Features Of Palliative Care Service Delivery To Indigenous Peoples In Australia, New Zealand, Canada And The United States: A Comprehensive Review, Shaouli Shahid, Emma V. Taylor, Shelley Cheetham, John A. Woods, Samar M. Aoun, Sandra C. Thompson
Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles
Background: Indigenous peoples in developed countries have reduced life expectancies, particularly from chronic diseases. The lack of access to and take up of palliative care services of Indigenous peoples is an ongoing concern.
Objectives: To examine and learn from published studies on provision of culturally safe palliative care service delivery to Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand (NZ), Canada and the United States of America (USA); and to compare Indigenous peoples’ preferences, needs, opportunities and barriers to palliative care.
Methods: A comprehensive search of multiple databases was undertaken. Articles were included if they were published in English from 2000 onwards …