Executive summary The story of dying in the 21st century is a story of paradox. While many
people are overtreated in hospitals with families and communities relegated to the margins …

Background As the demand for palliative care increases, more information is needed on
how efficient different types of palliative care models are for providing care to dying patients …

Importance The evidence for palliative care exists predominantly for patients with cancer.
The effect of palliative care on important end-of-life outcomes in patients with noncancer …

Importance Palliative care improves health outcomes, but studies of the differences in the
delivery of palliative care to patients with different types of serious illness are lacking …

Background: Little population-level information exists about the delivery of palliative care
across multiple health sectors, important in providing a complete picture of current care and …

Objective To measure the associations between newly initiated palliative care in the last six
months of life, healthcare use, and location of death in adults dying from non-cancer illness …

Direct health care costs of illness reflect the costs of medically necessary services and
treatments paid for by public and private payers, including hospital-based care, outpatient …

Background: Although the prevalence of displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly
population is increasing worldwide, there remains controversy as to whether these injuries …

Background While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in
hospital. Aim To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is …

Abstract Objective While 60%‐70% of people would prefer to die at home, only 14% do so.
Families in a rural environment feel particularly unsupported in fulfilling this last wish of their …