Predictors of place of death in South West Scotland 2000-2010: Retrospective cohort study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 764-771

  Black, Heather ^a   Waugh, Craig ^b   Munoz Arroyo, Rosalia ^b   Carnon, Andrew ^c   Allan, Ananda ^c   Clark, David ^d   Graham, Fiona ^e   Isles, Christopher ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Glenkens Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute hospital; advance care planning; cause of death; cottage hospital; death; dementia; home; hospice; hospice care; palliative care; patient preference; Place of death; residential care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HOSPITAL; AGE; AGED; CALENDAR YEAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COTTAGE HOSPITAL; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PLACE OF DEATH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT; TIME; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84981314173     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315627122     Document Type: Review

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