Dirk Houttekier

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dirk Houttekier is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Houttekier has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 30 papers in Clinical Psychology and 24 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Dirk Houttekier's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (53 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (30 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (22 papers). Dirk Houttekier is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (53 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (30 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (22 papers). Dirk Houttekier collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Canada. Dirk Houttekier's co-authors include Luc Deliëns, Joachim Cohen, Robert Vander Stichele, Lieve Van den Block, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Koen Pardon, Johan Bilsen, Julia Addington‐Hall, Donna M. Wilson and Aline De Vleminck and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Houttekier

57 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Houttekier Belgium	30	3.3k	1.7k	1.2k	778	776	57	3.7k
Barbara Kreling United States	14	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	927 0.8×	910 1.2×	752 1.0×	20	3.5k
Angelo E. Volandes United States	33	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	448 0.4×	704 0.9×	459 0.6×	99	2.9k
Karen Detering Australia	20	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	750 0.6×	890 1.1×	602 0.8×	67	2.8k
Stephen R. Connor United States	33	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	408 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	95	3.7k
Koen Pardon Belgium	29	2.4k 0.7×	853 0.5×	542 0.5×	409 0.5×	904 1.2×	74	2.8k
Siew Tzuh Tang Taiwan	34	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	360 0.5×	995 1.3×	141	3.7k
Yoshiyuki Kizawa Japan	28	2.2k 0.6×	699 0.4×	757 0.6×	310 0.4×	588 0.8×	188	2.7k
Jeroen Hasselaar Netherlands	26	1.8k 0.5×	734 0.4×	448 0.4×	251 0.3×	412 0.5×	81	2.1k
Ryan D. McMahan United States	16	2.1k 0.6×	977 0.6×	473 0.4×	821 1.1×	542 0.7×	23	2.2k
Wendy G. Anderson United States	23	1.3k 0.4×	824 0.5×	445 0.4×	688 0.9×	317 0.4×	68	2.0k

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Harding, Richard, Stefano Marchetti, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, et al.. (2018). Place of death for people with HIV: a population-level comparison of eleven countries across three continents using death certificate data. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 55–55. 12 indexed citations

Houttekier, Dirk, et al.. (2018). Palliative care volunteerism across the healthcare system: A survey study. Palliative Medicine. 32(7). 1233–1245. 24 indexed citations

Verkissen, Mariëtte N., Dirk Houttekier, Joachim Cohen, et al.. (2018). End-of-life decision-making across cancer types: results from a nationwide retrospective survey among treating physicians. British Journal of Cancer. 118(10). 1369–1376. 11 indexed citations

Vleminck, Aline De, Luc Deliëns, Dirk Houttekier, et al.. (2018). Do physicians discuss end-of-life decisions with family members? A mortality follow-back study. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(8). 1378–1384. 7 indexed citations

Rhee, YongJoo, Dirk Houttekier, Rod MacLeod, et al.. (2015). International comparison of death place for suicide; a population-level eight country death certificate study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51(1). 101–106. 13 indexed citations

Moens, Katrien, Dirk Houttekier, Lieve Van den Block, et al.. (2015). Place of death of people living with Parkinson’s disease: a population-level study in 11 countries. BMC Palliative Care. 14(1). 28–28. 45 indexed citations

Vleminck, Aline De, Koen Pardon, Dirk Houttekier, et al.. (2015). The prevalence in the general population of advance directives on euthanasia and discussion of end-of-life wishes: a nationwide survey. BMC Palliative Care. 14(1). 71–71. 41 indexed citations

Houttekier, Dirk, et al.. (2014). Physician-related barriers for communication and patient and family centered decision making towards the end of life in the icu: a systematic literature review. Palliative Medicine. 28. 627–628. 1 indexed citations

Reyniers, Thijs, Dirk Houttekier, Joachim Cohen, H. Roeline W. Pasman, & Luc Deliëns. (2014). The acute hospital setting as a place of death and final care: A qualitative study on perspectives of family physicians, nurses and family carers. Health & Place. 27. 77–83. 55 indexed citations

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Reyniers, Thijs, Dirk Houttekier, H. Roeline W. Pasman, et al.. (2014). The Family Physician's Perceived Role in Preventing and Guiding Hospital Admissions at the End of Life: A Focus Group Study. The Annals of Family Medicine. 12(5). 441–446. 14 indexed citations

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Vleminck, Aline De, Koen Pardon, Marc Roelands, et al.. (2014). Information preferences of the general population when faced with life-limiting illness. European Journal of Public Health. 25(3). 532–538. 15 indexed citations

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Wilson, Donna M., et al.. (2013). The Preferred Place of Last Days: Results of a Representative Population-Based Public Survey. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16(5). 502–508. 86 indexed citations

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Houttekier, Dirk, Joachim Cohen, Thierry Pepersack, & Luc Deliëns. (2013). Dying in hospital: a study of incidence and factors related to hospital death using death certificate data. European Journal of Public Health. 24(5). 751–756. 27 indexed citations

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Vandervoort, An, Lieve Van den Block, Jenny T. van der Steen, et al.. (2012). Nursing home residents dying with dementia in Flanders, Belgium: a nationwide post-mortem study on clinical characteristics and quality of dying.. Palliative Medicine. 26(4). 407–407. 74 indexed citations

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Houttekier, Dirk, Joachim Cohen, Johan Surkyn, & Luc Deliëns. (2011). Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 228–228. 106 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, Dirk Houttekier, Kenneth Chambaere, Johan Bilsen, & Luc Deliëns. (2011). The Use of Palliative Care Services Associated with Better Dying Circumstances. Results From an Epidemiological Population-Based Study in the Brussels Metropolitan Region. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 42(6). 839–851. 25 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, Dirk Houttekier, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, et al.. (2010). Which patients with cancer die at home in six ageing countries in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. 20. 80–80. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Joachim, Kenneth Chambaere, Johan Bilsen, et al.. (2010). Influence of the metropolitan environment on end-of-life decisions: A population-based study of end-of-life decision-making in the Brussels metropolitan region and non-metropolitan Flanders. Health & Place. 16(5). 784–793. 11 indexed citations

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Houttekier, Dirk, Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, et al.. (2010). Place of Death of Older Persons with Dementia. A Study in Five European Countries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58(4). 751–756. 204 indexed citations

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Houttekier, Dirk, et al.. (2008). Determinants of the place of death in the Brussels metropolitan region. Palliative Medicine. 22. 466–467. 1 indexed citations

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