Factors associated with place of death of cancer patients in the Mexico City Metropolitan area
| Autor: | Horacio Tovalin-Ahumada, Linda S. Elting, María Teresa Carrillo, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Younger age Palliative care Death Certificates Sex Factors Residence Characteristics Cause of Death Neoplasms Mexico city Internal medicine medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Mexico Aged Retrospective Studies Analysis of Variance business.industry Palliative Care Age Factors Cancer Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease Home Care Services Metropolitan area Death Oncology Hospital Bed Capacity Research Design Place of death Educational Status Female business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer. 15:243-249 |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-006-0152-4 |
| Popis: | To improve the care of cancer patients by understanding the factors associated with the place of death. We conducted a retrospective study of death certificates registered in Mexico during 2003. Adult cases were included if the underlying cause of death was cancer, death location was in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA), and information was available on sociodemographic characteristics and place of death (home or medical unit). Of the 10,561 cases meeting the inclusion criteria, 54% died at home. More women (55%) than men died of cancer and at a younger age (63 vs 64 years, respectively; p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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