Socioeconomic position and use of healthcare in the last year of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is recognized as a risk factor for worse health outcomes. How socioeconomic factors influence end-of-life care, and the magnitude of their effect, is not understood. This review aimed to synthesise and quantify the associations between...
Main Authors: | Joanna M Davies, Katherine E Sleeman, Javiera Leniz, Rebecca Wilson, Irene J Higginson, Julia Verne, Matthew Maddocks, Fliss E M Murtagh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002782 |
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