Utilization of health-care services at the end-of-life

Health Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-287

  Jakobsson, Eva ^a   Bergh, Ingrid ^b   Öhlén, Joakim ^a   Odén, Anders ^c   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End of life; Healh care services; Palliative care; Policy development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34250815669     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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