Trends in end-of-life hospitalisations of nursing home residents: a systematic review.

12 26 Across these studies and irrespective of the observation period length, only the German one with the highest initial proportion (ie, 61.1%), indicated a decreasing trend in percentage points (−4.9). 26 The other German study found stable trends, 12 whereas the two American studies showed an increase in percentage points (+2.8 and +8.5). 24 27 Among residents being hospitalised in the last 7 days of life, the initial proportion in one American study was 15.0% beginn

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