Trends in Place of Death in a Super-Aged Society: A Population-Based Study, 1998-2017

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 950-956

  Koyama, Toshihiro ^a   Hagiya, Hideharu ^a   Funahashi, Tomoko ^b   Zamami, Yoshito ^c   Yamagishi, Miyu ^a   Onoue, Hiroshi ^a   Teratani, Yusuke ^d   Mikami, Naoko ^e   Shinomiya, Kazuaki ^f   Kitamura, Yoshihisa ^g   Sendo, Toshiaki ^g   Hinotsu, Shiro ^h   Kano, Mitsunobu R ^c,i  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; end of life care; epidemiology; palliative care; place of death; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85087469634     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0445     Document Type: Article

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