Care utilisation in the last years of life in relation to age and time to death: Results from a Swedish urban population of the oldest old

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-357

  Larsson, Kristina ^a   Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a   Thorslund, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End of life care; Hospitalisation; Institutionalisation; Swedish elder care

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349103159     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0099-z     Document Type: Article

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