The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Multicenter Study
Coordination of care for individuals with advanced progressive conditions: a multi-site ethnographic and serial interview study.
Coordination of care for individuals with advanced progressive conditions is frequently poor. ⋯ Care is poorly coordinated in generalist settings for patients in the last year of life, although those with cancer have better coordinated care than other patients. A model to improve coordination of care for all individuals approaching the end of life must ensure that patients are identified in a timely way, so that they can be assessed and their care planned accordingly.