Place of death in metropolitan regions: Metropolitan versus non-metropolitan variation in place of death in Belgium, The Netherlands and England

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Location of death; Metropolitan populations; Palliative care; Place of death; Terminal care; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; METROPOLITAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLACE OF DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350782330     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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