Dying at home or in an institution. Using death certificates to explore the factors associated with place of death

Health Policy

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 319-329

  Cohen, Joachim ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a,b   Hooft, Peter ^c   Deboosere, Patrick ^a   Wal, Gerrit van der ^d   Deliens, Luc ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Flanders   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Causes of death; Death certificates; End of life care; Home care; Hospital mortality; Palliative care; Place of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33747602343     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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