Palliative care 2016

Method Patients that died in the PCU in UH Leuven Database = 3011 patients (1999- 2015) Pacemaker patients n = 83 2 matched patients for each pm-patient (n = 163) - 1 pt. died within 6 m before the pm patient - 1 pt. died within 6 m after the pm-pt Same age Same gender Same pathology (non-onco or onco: breast/urol/digest/neuro…)