Issues using linkage of hospital records and death certificate data to determine the size of a potential palliative care population

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 537-543

  Brameld, Kate ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Rosenwax, Lorna ^a   Murray, Kevin ^b   Semmens, James ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

death certificates; hospital records; medical record linkage; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018955081     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316673550     Document Type: Article

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