Variations in process and outcome in inpatient palliative care services in Korea

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-547

  Choi, Jin Young ^a   Shin, Dong Wook ^b   Kang, Jina ^a   Baek, Young Ji ^a   Mo, Ha Na ^a   Nam, Byung Ho ^a   Seo, Won Seok ^a   Park, Jong Hyock ^a   Kim, Jung Hoe ^c   Jung, Kee Taig ^d  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service Korea   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean Terminal Cancer Patient Information System (KTCPIS); Outcomes; Palliative care; Process; Quality; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857647488     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1115-y     Document Type: Article

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