TY - JOUR
T1 - Urbanization and place of death for the elderly
T2 - A 10-year population-based study
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
AU - Lin, Yen J.
AU - Liu, Tsai Ching
AU - Chen, Chin Shyan
AU - Lin, Chia-Chin
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Objectives: To explore the association between the place of death and the level of urbanization within the communities where the elderly were residing at the time of their death. Methods: A retrospective, population-based, cross-sectional study set in Taiwan, involving a total of 697 814 eligible deaths occurred between 1995 and 2004, among elderly people (aged 65 years or above). Results: After adjusting for other factors, the multilevel logistic regression analyses showed that home death was associated with lower levels of urbanization; as compared with participants living in the highest urbanization level (level 1), the respective adjusted odds of dying at home were 1.600, 2.769, 3.774, 4.481, 4.003 and 4.717 times for those living in the areas from the second highest to the lowest urbanization levels (levels 2-7). Conclusions: After adjusting for other socio-demographic, clinical and healthcare factors, the place of death has a significant association with the level of urbanization among the elderly.
AB - Objectives: To explore the association between the place of death and the level of urbanization within the communities where the elderly were residing at the time of their death. Methods: A retrospective, population-based, cross-sectional study set in Taiwan, involving a total of 697 814 eligible deaths occurred between 1995 and 2004, among elderly people (aged 65 years or above). Results: After adjusting for other factors, the multilevel logistic regression analyses showed that home death was associated with lower levels of urbanization; as compared with participants living in the highest urbanization level (level 1), the respective adjusted odds of dying at home were 1.600, 2.769, 3.774, 4.481, 4.003 and 4.717 times for those living in the areas from the second highest to the lowest urbanization levels (levels 2-7). Conclusions: After adjusting for other socio-demographic, clinical and healthcare factors, the place of death has a significant association with the level of urbanization among the elderly.
KW - Elderly deaths
KW - Place of death
KW - Urbanization
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U2 - 10.1177/0269216307083033
DO - 10.1177/0269216307083033
M3 - Article
C2 - 18073257
AN - SCOPUS:38549160509
SN - 0269-2163
VL - 21
SP - 705
EP - 711
JO - Palliative Medicine
JF - Palliative Medicine
IS - 8
ER -