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| Title |
Understanding Hospital Admissions Close to the End of Life (ACE) Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-89 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zoë Slote Morris, Miranda Fyfe, Natalie Momen, Sarah Hoare, Stephen Barclay |
| Abstract |
Palliative care is a policy priority internationally. In England, policymakers are seeking to develop high quality care for all by focusing on reducing the number of patients who die in acute hospitals. It is argued that reducing 'inappropriate' hospital admissions will lead to an improvement in the quality of care and provide cost savings.Yet what is meant by an 'inappropriate' admission is unclear and is unlikely to be shared by all stakeholders. The decision process that leads to hospital admission is often challenging, particularly when patients are frail and elderly. The ACE study reopens the idea of 'inappropriate' hospital admissions close to the end of life. We will explore how decisions that result in inpatient admissions close to death are made and valued from the perspective of the decision-maker, and will consider the implications of these findings for current policy and practice. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 192 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 188 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 17% |
| Researcher | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 36 | 19% |
| Unknown | 43 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 55 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 38 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 10% |
| Psychology | 11 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 47 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2014.
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#5,495,746
of 22,701,287 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,367
of 7,592 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#45,435
of 195,351 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#36
of 101 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 7,592 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its peers.
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