Assessing structure, process and outcome in palliative day care: A pilot study for a multicentre trial

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 336-344

  Douglas, Hannah Rose ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^b   Myers, Kathryn ^c   Normand, Charles ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Mildmay Mission Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Day care; Economic evaluation; Hospice; Palliative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034398438     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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