Quality of primary palliative care for older people with mild and severe dementia: An international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators

Age and Ageing

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 824-833

  Miranda, Rose ^a   Penders, Yolanda W H ^a   Smets, Tinne ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Miccinesi, Guido ^c   Alonso, Tomás Vega ^d   Moreels, Sarah ^e   Den Block, Lieve Van ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^d Castile and León   (Spain)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dementia; General practice; Older people; Palliative care; Primary palliative care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; AGE; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85055632835     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afy087     Document Type: Article

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