Place of death for people with HIV: a population-level comparison of eleven countries across three continents using death certificate data

Harding, Richard; Marchetti, Stefano; D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Bregje; M. Wilson, Donna; Ruíz-Ramos, Miguel; Cardenas-Turanzas, M; Rhee, YongJoo; Morin, Lucas; Hunt, Katherine; M. Teno, Joan; Håkanson, Cecilia; Houttekier, Dirk; Deliëns, Luc; Cohen, Joachim

doi:10.1186/s12879-018-2951-x

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Place of death for people with HIV: a population-level comparison of eleven countries across three continents using death certificate data

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Jan 25, 2018

Authors:

Richard Harding

Stefano Marchetti

Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: With over 1 million HIV-related deaths annually, quality end-of-life care remains a priority. Given strong public preference for home death, place of death is an important consideration for quality care. This 11 country study aimed to i) describe the number, proportion of all deaths, and...

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Place of death

Medicine

Death certificate

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