Erratum: Place of death for the 'oldest old': ≥85-year-olds in the CC75C population-based cohort (British Journal of General Practice (2010) 60 (275-282) DOI:10.3399/bjgp10X483959);Place of death for the 'oldest old': ≥85-Year-olds in the CC75C population-based cohort

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 573, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Fleming, Jane ^a   Zhao, Jun ^b   Farquhar, Morag ^c   Brayne, Carol ^d   Barclay, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Public Health and Primary Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Public Health and Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged 80 or over; Aging in place; Frail elderly; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952006749     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X509694     Document Type: Erratum

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