Nursing home hospital transfers in the terminally ill: night shift nurses matter!

Guillaume Pierre Serge EconomosFrancoise ThollyWadih RhondaliMurielle RuerColombe TricouAudrey FawouboÉlise Perceau-ChambardMarilène Filbet

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2019)

The location of the death of frail elderly patients is a major health issue that needs to be addressed. Our results suggests that the presence of a night shift nurse decreases the number of emergency transfers and deaths in the hospital.

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