Differences in palliative care quality between patients with cancer, patients with organ failure and frail patients: A study based on measurements with the Consumer Quality Index Palliative Care for bereaved relatives

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 780-788

  Hofstede, Jolien M ^a,b   Raijmakers, Natasja J H ^a,b   Van Der Hoek, Lucas S ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; frail elderly; Palliative care; quality of healthcare; relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER QUALITY INDEX PALLIATIVE CARE FOR BEREAVED RELATIVES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN FAILURE PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELATIVE; TERMINAL CARE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASM; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981298726     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315627123     Document Type: Article

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