Impact of palliative care and clinical features of patients with terminal diseases in areas of Internal Medicine;Impacto de los cuidados paliativos y perfil clínico del paciente con enfermedad terminal en un área de Medicina Interna

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 178-181

  Bernabeu Wittel, M ^a   Garcia Morillo S ^a   Gonzalez Becerra C ^a   Ollero, M ^a   Fernandez F ^a   Cuello Contreras, J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internal Medicine; Palliative care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744487991     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086797     Document Type: Article

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