Hospitalisations at the end of life: using a sentinel surveillance network to study hospital use and associated patient, disease and healthcare factors
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hospital deaths following several hospital admissions or long hospital stays may be indicative of a low quality of dying. Although place of death has been extensively investigated at population level, hospital use in the last months...
Main Authors: | Bilsen Johan, Bauwens Sabien, Drieskens Katrien, Deschepper Reginald, Van den Block Lieve, Bossuyt Nathalie, Deliens Luc |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-05-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/69 |
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