Equity of access to adult hospice inpatient care within north-west England

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 543-549

  Wood, D J ^a   Clark, D ^a   Gatrell, A C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Deprivation; Equity; Geographical information systems; Hospice inpatient services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY;

EID: 4544386316     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm892oa     Document Type: Article

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