End-of-life care in hospital: A descriptive study of all inpatient deaths in 1 year

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 616-622

  Abel, Julian ^a   Rich, A ^a   Griffin, T ^b   Purdy, S ^b  

^a Weston Area Health Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of admission; End of life care; End of life strategy; Home death; Last year of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 71049134817     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309106460     Document Type: Article

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