Use of the proportion of patients dying on an End of Life Pathway as a quality marker: Considerations for interpretation

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 544-547

  Pugh, Edwin J ^a,b   McEvoy, Mel ^b   Blenkinsopp, John ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; cancer; end of life; Liverpool Care Pathway; non cancer; quality marker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; DYING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77953998830     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310368579     Document Type: Article

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