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Spreading improvements for advanced COPD care through a Canadian Collaborative. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis (2017) 0.75

Measuring Family Members' Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care in Long-Term Care: Adaptation of the CANHELP Lite Questionnaire. Biomed Res Int (2017) 0.75

Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care. BMJ (1996) 17.27

Illness trajectories and palliative care. BMJ (2005) 5.19

An integrated palliative and respiratory care service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med (2014) 3.49

Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries. JAMA (2016) 3.30

Palliative Care for the Seriously Ill. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.75

Dying trajectory in the last year of life: does cancer trajectory fit other diseases? J Palliat Med (2001) 2.63

The cost of moderate and severe COPD exacerbations to the Canadian healthcare system. Respir Med (2007) 2.09

Impact of community based, specialist palliative care teams on hospitalisations and emergency department visits late in life and hospital deaths: a pooled analysis. BMJ (2014) 1.73

Use of the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) for end-of-life prognostication in a palliative medicine consultation service. J Pain Symptom Manage (2009) 1.69

Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure near the end of life. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.65

Perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. CMAJ (2016) 1.64

Development and evaluation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT): a mixed-methods study. BMJ Support Palliat Care (2013) 1.33

Educating medical residents in end-of-life care: insights from a multicenter survey. J Palliat Med (2009) 1.05

Many people in Scotland now benefit from anticipatory care before they die: an after death analysis and interviews with general practitioners. BMJ Support Palliat Care (2016) 1.01

Palliative and therapeutic harmonization: a model for appropriate decision-making in frail older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.96

Palliative care consultations for heart failure patients: how many, when, and why? J Card Fail (2013) 0.90

Challenges of managing people with multimorbidity in today's healthcare systems. BMC Fam Pract (2015) 0.89

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a Breathlessness Intervention Service for patients with advanced non-malignant disease and their informal carers: mixed findings of a mixed method randomised controlled trial. Trials (2016) 0.87

The growth of palliative care in the United States. Annu Rev Public Health (2014) 0.86

Personalizing death in the intensive care unit: the 3 Wishes Project: a mixed-methods study. Ann Intern Med (2015) 0.86

A consensus review on the development of palliative care for patients with chronic and progressive neurological disease. Eur J Neurol (2015) 0.85

Knowledge and perceived competence among nurses caring for the dying in long-term care homes. Int J Palliat Nurs (2012) 0.84

What is the patient experience in advanced liver disease? A scoping review of the literature. BMJ Support Palliat Care (2013) 0.84

Palliative Care Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review. J Pain Symptom Manage (2015) 0.82

'INSPIRED' COPD Outreach Program™: doing the right things right. Clin Invest Med (2014) 0.80

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IOM report calls for transformation of end-of-life care. JAMA (2014) 0.77

Survival duration among patients with a noncancer diagnosis admitted to a palliative care unit: a retrospective study. J Palliat Med (2012) 0.77