Reducing inequalities in care for patients with non-malignant diseases: Insights from a realist evaluation of an integrated palliative care pathway

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 690-697

  Dalkin, Sonia Michelle ^a   Lhussier, Monique ^a   Philipson, Pete ^a   Jones, Diana ^a   Cunningham, William ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Translational Research in Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; malignant; non cancer; non malignant; Palliative care; realist evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENGLAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84976864097     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315626352     Document Type: Article

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