Quality of hospital discharge letters for patients at the end of life: A retrospective medical record review.

Marijanne Engel Annemieke van der Padt-Pruijsten Auke M T Huijben Tjallingius Martijn Kuijper Maria B L Leys Annemieke Talsma Agnes van der Heide

Published in: European journal of cancer care (2021)

For patients with a limited life expectancy going home after a hospitalisation, one out of two hospital discharge letters lacked any information addressing their limited life expectancy. Specific guidelines for medical information exchange between care settings are needed.

Keyphrases

healthcare
health information
quality improvement
palliative care
clinical practice
pain management
social media
chronic pain