Quality Indicators for Palliative Care: A Systematic Review

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Brandt, Hella E ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c   Francke, Anneke L ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Palliative care; quality indicators; quality of care

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67650119415     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.07.008     Document Type: Review

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