The effect and process evaluations of the national quality improvement programme for palliative care: The study protocol

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raijmakers, Natasja Jh ^a   Hofstede, Jolien M ^a   De Nijs, Ellen Jm ^b   Deliens, Luc ^c,d   Francke, Anneke L ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Effect evaluation; Effectiveness; End of life care; Implementation; Palliative care; Process evaluation; Quality improvement; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSTIPATION; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896739599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-5     Document Type: Article

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