Variation in site of death among nursing home residents in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1128-1136

  McGregor, Margaret J ^a,b   Tate, Robert B ^c   Ronald, Lisa A ^a   McGrail, Kimberlyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35948982946     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0018     Document Type: Article

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