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Effect of terminal diagnosis on admissions per week.

Conclusion: 1 The formal terminal diagnosis reduced hospital admissions >20% in the last week and increased the possibilities of dying at home.

2 Women and the elderly were less likely to receive a formal terminal diagnosis.

B. Aabom et al. JCO 2005;23:7411-7416

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