Palliative care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Exploring the landscape

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1053-1057

  Philip, Jennifer ^a,b   Lowe, A ^a,c   Gold, M ^d   Brand, C ^f,g   Miller, B ^e   Douglass, J ^e,f   Sundararajan, V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Palliative Care Service   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALISATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALISATION; PALLIATIVE CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84892744145     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02830.x     Document Type: Article

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