ArticlePalliative medicine reports2024
Characteristics, Outcomes and Factors for Place of Death in Patients Admitted to Community-Based Palliative Care Services in Shanghai China: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients among community nurses in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025Article
- Association between nutritional targets and muscle index changes in patients with terminal cancer under palliative care.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Community-Based Palliative Care: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Scientific Publications (2015-2025).SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
Background: Community-based palliative care (CBPC) is only available in large cities in mainland China and little is known about who utilizes it. Objectives: This study examined the characteristics, outcomes, and factors associated with place of death (PoD) among inpatient CBPC patients. Design: This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Settings/Subjects: All patients admitted to the inpatient CBPC unit in four community health centers in 2021 in Shanghai, China, were included. Methods: Characteristics and outcome data were extracted from electronic health records and paper version notes between September 4 and December 29, 2022. PoD was followed up on May 12, 2023. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and categorized using two-step clustering. Decision tree analysis was used to identify factors associated with PoD. Results: The cohort admitted in 2021 included 290 participants (Age: 75.7 ± 12.7 years; Male: Conclusions: Establishing contextualized inpatient CBPC services in more places nationwide that are tailored to different characteristics between cancer patients (i.e., younger and shorter inpatient stay) and noncancer patients (i.e., older and longer stay) is essential to maintain that more dying patients remain in their community.
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