Survey of hospice and palliative care inpatient units in the UK and Ireland, 1993

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-21

  Eve, Ann ^a,b   Smith, Anthony M ^b  

^a Hospice Information Service   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Hospices; Statistics; Terminal care; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030056981     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921639601000104     Document Type: Article

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