Transitions between care settings at the end of life in Belgium [9]

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1638-1639

  Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Deschepper, Reginald ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^b   Van Casteren, Viviane ^c   Deliens, Luc ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35348863726     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.14.1638     Document Type: Letter

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