How many people need palliative care? A study developing and comparing methods for population-based estimates

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-58

  Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^b   Verne, Julia ^c   Iris Groeneveld, E ^a   Kaloki, Yvonne E ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c South West Public Health Observatory ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delivery of health care; end of life care; health services needs and demand; needs assessment; Palliative care; public health; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; ICD-10; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890932322     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313489367     Document Type: Article

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