Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Peter TanuseputroSarah BeachMathieu ChalifouxWalter P WodchisAmy T HsuHsien SeowDouglas G Manuel

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Location of death is strongly associated with end-of-life health care in the home. Less than one-third of the population, however, received end-of-life home care or a physician visit in their last year of life, revealing large room for improvement.

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