Physicians as medical center "extenders" in end-of-life care: physician home visits as the lynch pin in creating an end-of-life care system

Home Health Care Serv Q. 2004;23(2):41-53. doi: 10.1300/J027v23n02_03.

Abstract

The article reviews a successful community-based end-of-life home care program. Specifically, physician visits were compared in the models of care studied, and it was concluded that the community-based model patients benefited significantly over the standard model of care patients due to the use of physicians.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • California
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Female
  • Health Care Costs
  • Health Services Research
  • Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / organization & administration*
  • Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / supply & distribution
  • House Calls / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Managed Care Programs / organization & administration*
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Organizational
  • Palliative Care / organization & administration*
  • Palliative Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Physician's Role*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Terminal Care / organization & administration*
  • Terminally Ill / classification