Reduction of acute hospital admissions and improvement in outpatient attendance by intensified renal palliative care clinic follow-up: The Hong Kong experience

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-149

  Chan, Kwok Ying ^a   Benjamin Cheng, Hon Wai ^a   Yap, Desmond Y H ^b   Yip, Terence ^c   Li, Cho Wing ^a   Sham, Mau Kwong ^a   Wong, Yim Chi ^a   Vikki Lau, Wai Kee ^a  

^a Grantham Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

clinic; emergency department visit; hospitalization; palliative care follow up; quality improvement; Renal palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84919952834     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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