Cross Sarah H, Kamal Arif H, Taylor Donald H, Warraich Haider J
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, NC, US.
Duke Cancer Institute Durham, NC, US.
Card Fail Rev. 2019 May 24;5(2):93-98. doi: 10.15420/cfr.2019.2.2. eCollection 2019 May.
Despite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient group.
尽管临终关怀有诸多益处,但心力衰竭患者对其利用不足。本文讨论了导致这种利用不足的因素,并提出优化心力衰竭患者临终关怀利用的建议,还提出了优化该患者群体临终关怀质量的指标。