Which patients with advanced respiratory disease die in hospital? A 14-year population-based study of trends and associated factors

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Reilly, Charles C ^a   Bajwah, Sabrina ^a   Maddocks, Matthew ^a   Costantini, Massimo ^b   Gao, Wei ^a   Verne, Julia ^c   Glickman, Myer ^c   Gomes, Barbara ^c   Bonser, Tony ^c   Khan, Shaheen ^c   Koffman, Jonathan ^c   Lindsey, Katie ^c   Lovick, Roberta ^c   Malik, Tariq ^c   Morris, Carolyn ^c   Pring, Andy ^c   Scholes, Stafford ^c   Sleeman, Katherine ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; End of life care; Hospital; Interstitial lung disease; Interstitial pulmonary diseases; Palliative care; Place of death; Policy; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TREND STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85011317351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0776-2     Document Type: Article

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