Development of the quality data collection tool for prospective quality assessment and reporting in palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1148-1155

  Kamal, Arif H ^a   Bull, Janet ^b   Kavalieratos, Dio ^c   Nicolla, Jonathan M ^a   Roe, Laura ^a   Adams, Martha ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Four Seasons   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON DATA ELEMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MONITORING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REGISTER; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994476494     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0036     Document Type: Article

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