Improving palliative care services: A pragmatic model for evaluating services and assessing unmet need

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Wiles, Rose ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a   Jarrett, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health planning; Health services; Home care services; Palliative care; Programme evaluation; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032906523     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699674460441     Document Type: Article

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