Identifying patients with chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: Development of the NECPAL tool and preliminary prevalence rates in Catalonia

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-308

  Gómez Batiste, Xavier ^a,b   Martínez Muñoz, Marisa ^a,b   Blay, Carles ^b,c   Amblàs, Jordi ^d   Vila, Laura ^c   Costa, Xavier ^c   Villanueva, Alicia ^e   Espaulella, Joan ^d   Espinosa, Jose ^a   Figuerola, Montserrat ^a   Constante, Carles ^c  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e CAP El Remei   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SPAIN; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893943756     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000211     Document Type: Article

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