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Hospital at home: Home-based end of life care

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Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2011
Year Published

2011
Quality Rating

8/11 (AMSTAR rating from ÆßÃÃµ¼º½ Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (2); Norway (1); UK (1)
Global/regional focus

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Country focus

USA (2); Norway (1); UK (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Health system
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
Where care is provided
Site of service delivery
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Sectors
Home care
Providers
Physician
Generalist

Publication details

Citation

Shepperd S, Wee B, Straus SE. Hospital at home: Home-based end of life care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011;(7):1-39.
DOI

10.1002/14651858.CD009231.

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