Place of Death in Metropolitan Regions: Metropolitan versus Non-Metropolitan Variation in Place of Death in Belgium, The Netherlands and England

Dirk Houttekier; Joachim Cohen; Johan Bilsen; Julia Addington-Hall; Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen; Luc Deliens

Place of Death in Metropolitan Regions: Metropolitan versus Non-Metropolitan Variation in Place of Death in Belgium, The Netherlands and England

Dirk Houttekier
, Joachim Cohen
, Johan Bilsen
, Julia Addington-Hall
, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen
, Luc Deliens

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Abstract

Place of death is an important societal indicator of end-of-life quality for the terminally ill.Using death
certificate data, we examined metropolitan/non-metropolitan variation in place of death of patients
with life-limiting conditions in Belgium, The Netherlands and England. Metropolitan patients were less
likely to die at home and, in England, less likely to die in care homes, than non-metropolitan terminally
ill. We found a lesser degree of social support and lower availability of care home beds as partial
explanations of the metropolitan/non-metropolitan discrepancy.These findings warrant specific
approaches to end-of-life care in metropolitan areas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-139
Number of pages	8
Journal	Health & Place
Volume	16
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Metropolitan populations
Terminally ill
Terminal care
Palliative care
Place of Death
Location of death

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BRGEOZ86: Dying well in a metropolitan area. Study of the care at the end of life and the place of death in Brussels Capital Region
Bilsen, J. (Collaborator), Cohen, J. (Collaborator), Deliens, L. (Administrative Promotor), Houttekier, D. (Collaborator) & Chambaere, K. (Collaborator)
1/01/06 → 31/12/08
Project: Fundamental

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