Factors associated with utilization of specialist palliative care services: A population based study

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 464-469

  Gray, Jacqueline D ^a   Forster, D P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health care; palliative care; utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031449843     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024678     Document Type: Article

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