Mortality in general practice - An analysis of 841 deaths during a two-year period in 17 Dutch practices

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Oppewal, Feike ^a   Meyboom de Jong, Betty ^b  

^a University of Groningen ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Death registry; Deceased patients; General practice; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEART DISEASE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT INFORMATION; REGISTER; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 1842575607     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780409094221     Document Type: Article

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