Predictors associated with the place of death in a country with increasing hospital deaths

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-461

  Yun, Young Ho ^a   Lim, Min Kyoung ^a   Choi, Kui Son ^a   Rhee, Young Sun ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Place of death; Predictor; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33746166865     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1129oa     Document Type: Article

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