Involvement of palliative care services strongly predicts place of death in Belgium

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1461-1468

  Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650318401     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0279     Document Type: Article

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