Place of death and phenomenon of going home to die in Chinese adults: A prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Li Weng (Author), Yizhen Hu (Author), Zhijia Sun (Author), Canqing Yu (Author), Yu Guo (Author), Pei Pei (Author), Ling Yang (Author), Yiping Chen (Author), Huaidong Du (Author), Yuanjie Pang (Author), Yan Lu (Author), Junshi Chen (Author), Zhengming Chen (Author), Bin Du (Author), Jun Lv (Author), Liming Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: China is embracing an ageing population without sustainable end-of-life care services. However, changes in place of death and trends of going home to die (GHTD) from the hospital remains unknown. Methods: A total of 42,956 participants from the China Kadoorie Biobank, a large Ch...