Place of death and associated factors: A population-based study using death certificate data

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 608-615

  Cabañero Martínez, María José ^a,b   Nolasco, Andreu ^a   Melchor, Inmaculada ^a,c   Fernández Alcántara, Manuel ^a,d   Cabrero García, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante   (Spain)

^c Registro de Mortalidad de la Comunidad Valenciana Servicio de Estudios Epidemiológicos y Estadísticas Sanitarias Subdirección General de Epidemiología y Vigilancia de la Salud   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85070677076     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky267     Document Type: Article

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