Consensus on quality indicators to assess the organisation of palliative cancer and dementia care applicable across national healthcare systems and selected by international experts

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Riet Paap, Jasper ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^a,b   Dröes, Rose Marie ^c   Radbruch, Lukas ^d   Vissers, Kris ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Kalorama Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dementia; Europe; Palliative care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARDS;

CONSENSUS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84907583656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-396     Document Type: Article

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