The uses of provincial administrative health databases for research on palliative care: Insights from British Columbia, Canada

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Allan, Diane E ^a   Stajduhar, Kelli I ^a   Reid, R Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

EID: 15444363646     PISSN: 1472684X     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-4-2     Document Type: Article

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