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Risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care: Nationwide population-based death certificate study

BACKGROUND: Most people would prefer to die at home as opposed to hospital; therefore, understanding mortality patterns by place of death is essential for health resources allocation. AIM: We examined trends and risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care in a country witho...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Barbara, Pinheiro, Maria João, Lopes, Sílvia, de Brito, Maja, Sarmento, Vera P, Lopes Ferreira, Pedro, Barros, Henrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5888774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29235927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216317743961