Health care consumption and place of death among old people with public home care or in special accommodation in their last year of life

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-239

  Andersson, Magdalena ^a,b   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a  

^a Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End of life; Health care consumption; Older persons

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 34447262598     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324695     Document Type: Article

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