The caring connections project: Providing palliative care to medicaid patients with advanced cancer

Lippincott's Case Management

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 318-326

  Pfeifer, Mark P ^a,g   Ritchie, Christine ^b,c   Scharfenberger, Jennifer ^b   Keeney, Cynthia ^h   Hermann, Carla ^b   Berwick, Marilyn ^h   Head, Barbara ^d,e,f  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization   (United States)

^e Raymond A Kent School of Social Work   (United States)

^f Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness   (United States)

^g Interdisciplinary Program in Palliative Care and Advanced Chronic Illness

^h Interdisciplinary Program in Palliative Care and Advanced Chronic Illness ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE REPORT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; KENTUCKY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33845446030     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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