A hospital-based palliative care service for patients with advanced organ failure in sub-saharan africa reduces admissions and increases home death rates

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 786-792

  Desrosiers, Taylor ^a,d   Cupido, Clint ^a,b   Pitout, Elizabeth ^a   Van Niekerk, Lindi ^a,b   Badri, Motasim ^b   Gwyther, Liz ^b,c   Harding, Richard ^b,e  

^a Victoria Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa   (South Africa)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

admissions; Africa; costs; evaluation; hospital; organ failure; Palliative care; place of death; terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84898773643     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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