Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need: A cross-national population-level study in 14 countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-24

  Pivodic, Lara ^a   Pardon, Koen ^a   Morin, Lucas ^b,c   Addington Hall, Julia ^d   Miccinesi, Guido ^e   Cardenas Turanzas, Marylou ^f   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^g   Naylor, Wayne ^h   Ramos, Miguel Ruiz ⁱ   Van den Block, Lieve ^a   Wilson, Donna M ^j   Loucka, Martin ^k   Csikos, Agnes ^l   Rhee, Yong Joo ^m   Teno, Joan ⁿ   Deliens, Luc ^a,o   Houttekier, Dirk ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a   De Groote, Zeger ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a   Brearley, Sarah ^p   Caraceni, Augusto ^q   Pasman, Roeline ^g   Francke, Anneke ^g   Harding, Richard ^r   Higginson, Irene J ^r   Kaasa, Stein ^s   Linden, Karin ^t   Pautex, Sophie ^u   more..

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ISPO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Health Waikato   (New Zealand)

ⁱ Regional Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^k Center for Palliative Care   (Czech Republic)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^m Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

ⁿ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^p LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^r KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^t Springer Science and Business Media   (Germany)

^u EUGMS European Union Geriatric Medicine Society   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL DATA;

EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958115004     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205365     Document Type: Article

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