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Place of death and access to home care services — are certain patient groups at a disadvantage?
Author(s)	G E Grande, J M Addington-Hall, C J Todd
Journal title	Social Science & Medicine, vol 47, no 5, 1998
Pages	pp 565-579
Keywords	Death ; Dying ; Home nursing ; Informal care ; Terminal care.
Annotation	Research indicates that fewer people die at home than would wish to do so. This paper reviews research investigating the relationship between patient characteristics and home deaths. It considers whether these variables influence place of death by virtue of association with differential access to services, with a focus on access to palliative home care. Patients with informal carer support were both more likely to die at home and to have access to palliative home care. Cancer patients in higher socioeconomic groups were both more likely to die at home and to access home care. Home deaths may increase by improving access for lower socioeconomic groups to the services available. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010606208 A
Classmark	CW: CX: N4: P6: LV *
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