Impact of palliative home care support on the quality and costs of care at the end of life Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Objectives To evaluate the impact of palliative home care support on the quality of care and costs in the last 14 days of life. Design Matched cohort study using linked administrative databases. Setting All people who died in Belgium in 2012 (n=107 847). Participants 8837 people who received palliative home care support in the last 720 to 15 days of life matched 1:1 by propensity score to 8837 people who received usual care. Intervention ...