Organisation
Medical Sociology
Department
The main research areas of MESO are: 1. Socio-economic health inequalities; 2. Financial thresholds in health care (unequal access to health care); 3. Technology assessment in health care; 4. Immigrants and health care; 5. The transformation of nursing; 6. Euthanasia; 7. Prevention of cancer; 8. Terminal care; 9. Sentinel (health) events in rehabilitation centres.
Projects
1 - 10 of 17
- SRP (Groeiers): OPTIMUS – Optimization of stroke careFrom1 Mar 2014 → 28 Feb 2019Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- ACTION: Advance care planning – een innovative palliative care intervention to improve quality of life in oncologyFrom1 Feb 2014 → 31 Jan 2015Funding: University - Project driven research
- A population-level evaluation of the quality and cost-effectiveness of end-of-life careFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Communication about the end of life in nursing homes: a cluster randomised controlled trialFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- ACTION: Advance Care Planning – an Innovative Palliative Care Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in OncologyFrom1 Dec 2013 → 30 Nov 2018Funding: Health
- Conversations of terminal status: development of a guidance tool for a clinical intervention trial in oncologyFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Quality of palliative care in primary careFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2013Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- OptiBIRTHFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: University - Project driven research
- Strategic Research Programme: End-of-life in cancer and non-cancer patients: public health, health services and clinical research. Addressing present and future challenges in palliative care.From1 Nov 2012 → TodayFunding: University - Project driven research, BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- OPTIBIRTHFrom1 Sep 2012 → 28 Feb 2017Funding: Health
Publications
21 - 30 of 115
- Admissions to inpatient care facilities in the last year of life of community-dwelling older people in Europe(2017)
Authors: Anouk Overbeek, Lieve Van den Block, Ida J Korfage, Yolanda Penders, Agnes Van Der Heide, Judith A C Rietjens
Pages: 814-821 - 24/7 in-ambulance telestroke: results from the prehospital stroke study at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel II (PreSSUB II)(2016)
Authors: Raf Brouns, Robbert-Jan Roderick Van Hooff, Ann De Smedt, Maarten Moens, Alexis Valenzuela Espinoza, D. Lauwaert, S neyrinck, Koenraad Nieboer, Johan De Mey, Helio Eduardo Fernandez Tellez, et al.
Pages: 699-699Number of pages: 1 - Using threshold values for cost per quality-adjusted life-year gained in healthcare decisions(2011)
Authors: Irina Cleemput, Matthias Neyt, Nancy Thiry, Chris De Laet, Mark Leys
Pages: 71-76 - Efficient Rehabilitation Care for Joint Replacement Patients: Skilled Nursing Facility or Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility?(2011)
Authors: Wenqiang Tian, Gerben Dejong, Susan Horn, Koen Putman, Ching-Hui Hsieh, J Davanzo
Pages: 176-187 - Use of Rehabilitation and Other Health Care Services by Joint Replacement After Discharge from Skilled Nursing and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities(2009)
Authors: Gerben Dejong, Wenqiang Tian, Randall Smout, Susan Horn, Koen Putman, Smith Pamela, Julie Gassaway, Joan Davanzo
Pages: 1297-1305 - Quality-indicators for palliative care: a systematic review.
Authors: Roeline Pasman, Hella Brandt, Luc Deliens, A.l. Francke
Pages: 145-156 - Influence of the metropolitan environment on end-of-life practices. A population based study of end-of-life decision-making in the Brussels metropolitan region and non-metropolitan Flanders(2010)
Authors: Dirk Houttekier, Freddy Mortier
Pages: 784-793 - Variations in follow-up services after inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a multicentre study(2009)
Authors: Liesbet De Wit, W. Schupp, I. Baert, H. Beyens, N. Brinkmann, E. Dejaeger, A.m. De Meyer, W. De Weerdt, H. Feys, W. Jenni, et al.
Pages: 646-653 - Information behaviour of parents of children admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit: Constructing a conceptual framework.(2011)
Authors: Sofie De Rouck
Pages: 54-77 - Presentation and evaluation of an integrated model chain to respond to traffic- and health-related policy questions(2012)
Authors: Wouter Lefebvre, Bart Degraeuwe, Carolien Beckx, Marlies Vanhulsel, Bruno Kochan, Tom Bellemans, Janssens Davy, Geert Wets, Janssen Stijn, Ina De Vlieger, et al.
Pages: 160-170