Measuring patient outcomes in palliative care: A reliability and validity study of the Support Team Assessment Schedule

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-36

  Carson, M Gail ^a   Fitch, Margaret I ^a   Vachon, Mary L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Outcome assessment (health care); Palliative care; Psychometrics; Quality assurance, health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CANADA; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033965306     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921600677786382     Document Type: Article

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