Determinants of place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jayaraman, Jyothi ^a,b   Joseph, Ks ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Death; Home; Immigrants; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MORTALITY; PLACE OF DEATH; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876809081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-19     Document Type: Article

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