Older adults with cancer in the city of São Paulo: what factors determine the place of death?

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Investigate factors associated with death at home among older adults who died of cancer in a large city. METHODS This is a descriptive study, including all cancer deaths (ICD C00-C97) occurring between 2006 and 2012, among residents of the city of São Paulo, 60 years of age or...

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Main Authors: Adna Kelly Ferreira Leite, Karina Braga Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-07-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000100260&lng=en&tlng=en