Home-Based Palliative Care Improves Heart Failure Outcomes
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A home-based palliative care program involving primary care physicians, cardiologists, and palliative care specialists is associated with a lower likelihood of dying in the hospital for patients with chronic heart failure, data indicate. The program is also associated with fewer visits to the emergency department, more clinician home visits, shorter hospital stays, and more days spent at home.
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@gagan In the current study, the researchers conducted a retrospective chart review of 245 patients with heart failure who were enrolled in the program and who died between April 2013 and December 2019. The patients were matched with a cohort of 1172 patients with acute heart failure who received usual care, which consisted of home visits by nurses, personal support workers, and occupational therapists. Such care is available to all people living in Ontario.