Where the elderly die: The influence of socio-demographic factors and cause of death on people dying at home

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 676-683

  Beng, Arthur Kian Lam ^a,e   Chee, Weng Fong ^a   Shum, Eugene ^b   Goh, Cynthia R ^c,d   Kee, Tai Goh ^a   Suok, Kai Chew ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Hospital; Place of death; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; HOUSING; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 69949119692     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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