Risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care: Nationwide population-based death certificate study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Most people would prefer to die at home as opposed to hospital; therefore, understanding mortality patterns by place of death is essential for health resources allocation. AIM:We examined trends and risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care in a country without integrated palliative care. DESIGN:This is a death certificate study. We examined factors associated with hospital death using logistic regression. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:All adults (1,045,381) who died between 2003 and 2012 in Portugal were included. We identified conditions needing palliative care from main causes of death: cancer, heart/cerebrovascular, renal, liver, respiratory and neurodegenerative diseases, dementia/Alzheimer's/senility and HIV/AIDS. RESULTS:Conditions needing palliative ca

SUBMITTER: Gomes B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5888774 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature