Establishing a Regional, Multisite Database for Quality Improvement and Service Planning in Community-Based Palliative Care and Hospice | Zendy

Janet Bull | Zendy; S. Yousuf Zafar | Zendy; Jane L. Wheeler | Zendy; Matthew Harker | Zendy; Agbessi Gblokpor | Zendy; Laura C. Hanson | Zendy; Deirdre Hulihan | Zendy; Rikki Nugent | Zendy; John Morris | Zendy; Amy P. Abernethy | Zendy

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Establishing a Regional, Multisite Database for Quality Improvement and Service Planning in Community-Based Palliative Care and Hospice

Author(s) -

Janet Bull,

S. Yousuf Zafar,

Jane L. Wheeler,

Matthew Harker,

Agbessi Gblokpor,

Laura C. Hanson,

Deirdre Hulihan,

Rikki Nugent,

John Morris,

Amy P. Abernethy

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1096-6218

pISSN - 1557-7740

DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2010.0017

Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , data collection , nursing , general partnership , advance care planning , service (business) , family medicine , business , statistics , mathematics , finance , marketing

Outpatient palliative care, an evolving delivery model, seeks to improve continuity of care across settings and to increase access to services in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM). It can provide a critical bridge between inpatient palliative care and hospice, filling the gap in community-based supportive care for patients with advanced life-limiting illness. Low capacities for data collection and quantitative research in HPM have impeded assessment of the impact of outpatient palliative care.

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