The impact of implementing referral criteria on the pattern of referrals and admissions to a palliative care program in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Al Shahri, Mohammad Z ^a,b   Sroor, Mahmoud Y ^a,b   Alsirafy, Samy A ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953047247     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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