Utilization of acute and long-term care in the last year of life: Comparison with survivors in a population-based study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pot, Anne Margriet ^a,b,e   Portrait, France ^a,b   Visser, Geraldine ^b   Puts, Martine ^c   Van Groenou, Marjolein I Broese ^b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SURVIVOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; SURVIVORS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 70349144917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-139     Document Type: Article

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