Individual, clinical and system factors associated with the place of death: A linked national database study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Tan, Woan Shin ^a,b,c   Bajpai, Ram ^a   Low, Chan Kee ^a   Ho, Andy Hau Yan ^a,d   Wu, Huei Yaw ^e   Car, Josip ^a,f  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^d The Palliative Centre for Excellence in Research and Education   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PLACE OF DEATH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; VERY ELDERLY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPICE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85064501938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215566     Document Type: Article

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