Trends in place of death: The role of demographic and epidemiological shifts in end-of-life care policy

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 964-974

  Kalseth, Jorid ^a   Theisen, Ole Magnus ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

cause of death; death; demography; end of life care; epidemiology; hospital; nursing home; palliative care; Place of death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034833663     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216317691259     Document Type: Article

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