A population-level study of place of death and associated factors in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 744-751

  Hakanson, Cecilia ^a   Ohlen, Joakim ^b   Morin, Lucas ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Death certificates; health care disparities; palliative care; place of death; policy; population; public health; socioeconomic factors; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942154786     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815595774     Document Type: Article

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