• J Philip, A Lowe, M Gold, C Brand, B Miller, J Douglass, and V Sundararajan.
• Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital and University of Melbourne Palliative Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital School of Population Health, University of Melbourne Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Palliative Care Service Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety (CREPS) Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Health Services Research, Melbourne University and Melbourne HealthDepartments of Medicine Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Intern Med J. 2012 Sep 1; 42 (9): 1053-7.

AbstractPatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience a substantial symptom burden, high levels of psychosocial need and significant mortality. This epidemiological study reveals that the majority of patients are cared for in the public hospital system (64%) and generally die in hospital (72%) with a number of identifiable predictors of 6-month mortality. Our results suggest that palliative care services need to be redirected from a community-based admission focus to a model that is responsive to emergency and acute care hospital systems.© 2012 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal © 2012 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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