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Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes

BACKGROUND: Since most patients prefer out-of-hospital death, place of death can be considered an indicator of end-of-life care quality. The study of trends in place of death is necessary to examine causes of shifts, to evaluate efforts to alter place of death and develop future policies. This study...

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Autores principales: Houttekier, Dirk, Cohen, Joachim, Surkyn, Johan, Deliens, Luc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21489273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-228