This article describes how epidemiology may be used effectively to provide hard statistical data upon which to justify and base the development of paediatric palliative nursing services within a defined locality. Through an analysis of mortality data…
CONTEXT: Clinicians have observed various patterns of functional decline at the end of life, but few empirical data have tested these patterns in large populations. OBJECTIVE: To determine if functional decline differs among 4 types of illness…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between socioeconomic position at the time of birth and the use and cost of hospital inpatient services during the first 10 years of life. DESIGN: Analysis of a database of linked birth registrations,…