International variation in place of death of older people who died from dementia in 14 European and non-European countries

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-171

  Reyniers, Thijs ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Pasman, H Roeline ^c   Morin, Lucas ^d,e   Addington Hall, Julia ^f   Frova, Luisa ^g   Cardenas Turanzas, Marylou ^h   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^c   Naylor, Wayne ⁱ   Ruiz Ramos, Miguel ^j   Wilson, Donna M ^k   Loucka, Martin ^l   Csikos, Agnes ^m   Rhee, Yong Joo ⁿ   Teno, Joan ^o   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Houttekier, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e French National Observatory on End of Life Care   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Health Waikato   (New Zealand)

^j Regional Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^l Center for Palliative Care   (Czech Republic)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁿ Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

^o BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Death certificates; Dementia; End of life care; Place of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MALE; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84921738631     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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