[Analyses of the activities of home care supporting clinics in Tokyo from the standpoint of place of death].
We examined the activities of home care supporting clinics (HCSC) in Tokyo, Japan, from the standpoint of the place of death. The number of HCSCs in Tokyo was 1,246 in 2010. Fifteen HCSCs cared for > or = 50 patients who died at home in a year. In contrast, the 19 HCSCs in the top 10 percentile for the number of patients (> or = 176) did not have any patients who died at home. Their patients died at hospitals or facilities. These results suggest that the activities of HCSCs in Tokyo are diverse.
Chihiro
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Tsukada
Hiroo
H
Hanabusa
Akiko
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Akiyama
D001293:Attitude to Death; D006699:Home Care Services; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013997:Time Factors; D014041:Tokyo