Impact of Staffing on Access to Palliative Care in U.S. Hospitals

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 998-999

  Dumanovsky, Tamara ^a   Rogers, Maggie ^a   Spragens, Lynn Hill ^b   Morrison, R Sean ^c   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a Center to Advance Palliative Care   (United States)

^b Spragens and Assoct   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949559393     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0436     Document Type: Article

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