Few hospital palliative care programs meet national staffing recommendations

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1690-1697

  Spetz, Joanne ^a   Dudley, Nancy ^a   Trupin, Laura ^a   Rogers, Maggie ^b   Meier, Diane E ^b,c   Dumanovsky, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center to Advance Palliative Care   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; JOINT; MODEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; REGISTERED NURSE; SOCIAL WORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988419421     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0113     Document Type: Article

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