Identifying the factors contributing to hospital readmissions in palliative care: a mixed-methods study from a Turkish palliative care unit
Serkan Budak, Yasemin Karacan, Veli Arslan · 2025
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Serkan Budak, Yasemin Karacan, and Veli Arslan study repeat hospital stays in palliative care in a 2025 paper. Palliative care aims to ease symptoms and lift quality of life in serious illness. Yet patients often bounce back to hospital, which strains families and the care system. A Turkish unit set out to learn why.
The team first reviewed records of 1,256 patients cared for from 2016 to 2025. Disease type, extra chronic illness count, and age each tracked with readmission rates. Patients with chronic lung disease returned most often. Interviews with patients, caregivers, and staff then added the human side of the numbers. The authors close with steps that could prevent some returns, such as earlier symptom control at home.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Serkan Budak, Yasemin Karacan, Veli Arslan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |