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Social determinants of duration of last nursing home stay at the end of life in Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Due to demographic ageing and increasing life expectancy, a growing demand for long-term nursing home care can be expected. Stays in nursing homes appear to be more socially determined than hospital stays. We therefore looked at the impact of socio-demographic and health care variables o...

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Autores principales: Hedinger, Damian, Hämmig, Oliver, Bopp, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26429705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0111-3