Earlier palliative home care is associated with patient-centred medical resource utilisation and lower costs in the last 30 days before death in COPD: a population-level decedent cohort study

Charlotte Scheerens, Kristof Faes, Peter Pype, Kim Beernaert, Guy Joos, Eric Derom, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens, Kenneth Chambaere

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (5) 1901139; 10.1183/13993003.01139-2019
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