Increasing Trend in Hospital Deaths Consistent among Older Decedents in Korea: A Population-based Study Using Death Registration Database, 2001–2014

Increasing Trend in Hospital Deaths Consistent among Older Decedents in Korea: A Population-based Study Using Death Registration Database, 2001–2014

Abstract Background With improvement in hospice palliative care services and long-term care, Republic of Korea (hereafter South Korea) has recorded significant changes in places of death (e.g., hospital, home), especially among older adults. Over the last few decades, the most common places of death...

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Main Authors: Tran Thi Xuan Mai, Eunsook Lee, Hyunsoon Cho, Yoon Jung Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Place of death
Palliative care
Hospital death
Cancer death
Non-cancer death
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-017-0269-x

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