Proportion of cancer deaths occuring in hospital, Canada 1994-2000

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 264-268

  Neutel, C Ineke ^a   Bishop, Michelle L ^a   Harper, Samantha D ^a   Gaudette, Leslie A ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Death; Home; Hospital; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 24144481503     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405160     Document Type: Article

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