Socioeconomy as a prognostic factor for location of death in Swedish palliative cancer patients

Socioeconomy as a prognostic factor for location of death in Swedish palliative cancer patients

Abstract Background An important aspect of end-of-life care is the place of death. A majority of cancer patients prefer home death to hospital death. At the same time, the actual location of death is often against patient’s last-known wish. The aim of this study was to analyze whether socioeconomic...

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Main Authors: Jonas Nilsson, Georg Holgersson, Gustav Ullenhag, Malin Holmgren, Bertil Axelsson, Tobias Carlsson, Michael Bergqvist, Stefan Bergström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Location of death
Palliative care
Cancer patients
Register study
Socioeconomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00736-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00736-z

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