Hospitalisation in the last month of life and in-hospital death of nursing home residents: a cross-sectional analysis of six European countries

Objectives To examine the rate and characteristics of hospitalisation in the last month of life and place of death among nursing home residents and to identify related care processes, facility factors and residents’ characteristics.Setting A cross-sectional study (2015) of deceased residents in 322...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Engels, Sheila Payne, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Paula Andreasen, Lieve Van den Block, Giovanni Gambassi, Tinne Smets, Violetta Kijowska, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Lara Pivodic, L Deliens, Eddy Adang, Sophie Pautex, Jo Hockley, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Danni Collingridge Moore, Ruth Piers, Elisabeth Honinx, Ruth D Piers, Marika Kylänen, Yuliana Gatsolaeva, Rose Miranda, Marc Tanghe, Hein van Hout, Roeline HRW Pasman, Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug, Anne B Wichmann, Suvi Leppäaho, Ilona Barańska, Catherine Bassal, Federica Mammarella, Martina Mercuri, Paola Rossi, Ivan Segat, Agata Stodolska, Outi Kuitunen-Kaija, Agnieszka Pac, Maud ten Koppel, Jenny T van der Steen, Emilie Morgan de Paula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e047086.full
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