Home comfort care tested to ease suffering for seriously ill
NCT ID NCT03128060
Summary
This study aimed to see if bringing specialized comfort care (palliative care) into patients' homes could improve their well-being and reduce hospital visits. It focused on adults with serious conditions like cancer, heart failure, or COPD who were not in hospice. The trial compared standard medical care enhanced with some support to a full program of home visits from a care team.
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USC Davis School of Gerontology
Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States
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