Urban and rural differences in geographical accessibility to inpatient palliative and end-of-life (PEoLC) facilities and place of death: a national population-based study in England, UK

Urban and rural differences in geographical accessibility to inpatient palliative and end-of-life (PEoLC) facilities and place of death: a national population-based study in England, UK

Abstract Background Little is known about the role of geographic access to inpatient palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) facilities in place of death and how geographic access varies by settlement (urban and rural). This study aims to fill this evidence gap. Methods Individual-level death data i...

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Main Authors: Emeka Chukwusa, Julia Verne, Giovanna Polato, Ros Taylor, Irene J Higginson, Wei Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Place of death
Rural–urban
Geographic accessibility
Inpatient palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) facilities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-019-0172-1

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