Clinical pathways can improve the quality of pain management in home palliative care in remote locations: Retrospective study on Kozu Island, Japan

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tateno, Y ^a   Ishikawa, S ^a  

^a Kozu National Health Insurance Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Home care; Japan; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TELEMETRY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAXATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84872013107     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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