https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/630648
Title: | The impacts of the scope of benefits expansion on hospice care among adult decedents: a nationwide longitudinal observational study | Authors: | Yu, Tsung-Hsien FRANK LEIGH LU Wei, Chung-Jen WEI-WEN WU |
Keywords: | Health Care utilization; Hospice care; Population characteristics | Issue Date: | 29-Dec-2023 | Publisher: | BMC | Journal Volume: | 22 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Start page/Pages: | 29 | Source: | BMC palliative care | Abstract: | Compared to aggressive treatment for patients at the end stage of life, hospice care might be more likely to satisfy such patients' need and benefits and improve their dignity and quality of life. Whether the reimbursement policy expansion affect the use of hospice care among various demographics characteristics and health status was unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the impacts of reimbursement policy expansion on hospice care use, and to investigate the effects on people with various demographics characteristics and health status. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/630648 | ISSN: | 1472-684X | DOI: | 10.1186/s12904-023-01146-z |
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