An audit of long-stay patients in an inner city palliative care centre

An audit of long-stay patients in an inner city palliative care centre

An audit was carried out of patients with long admissions to a palliative care centre in central London. The records of patients remaining in the centre for more than 28 days were examined to see whether there were particular features characteristic of long-stay patients which could be identified to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Palliative medicine 1999-07, Vol.13 (4), p.349-352
Hauptverfasser: Jennings, A L, Naysmith, A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Auditing
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation
England
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hospices - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
London
Long stay
Long-Term Care
Male
Medical Audit
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Palliative care
Palliative Care - organization & administration
Patients
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Zusammenfassung:An audit was carried out of patients with long admissions to a palliative care centre in central London. The records of patients remaining in the centre for more than 28 days were examined to see whether there were particular features characteristic of long-stay patients which could be identified to improve future admission planning.
ISSN:0269-2163
1477-030X
DOI:10.1191/026921699666862354