Sentence examples for palliative case from inspiring English sources

Recently, the English Department of Health has adopted use of the Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator which includes all palliative care cases and deaths occurring within 30 days of discharge; 33 and HSMRs with palliative case adjustments can be calculated.

Patients were placed on the palliative case load of the participating agencies if they met one of the several criteria: identified end stage disease, oncology diagnosis indicated metastases, oncology patient was expected to undergo chemo or radiation therapy and would require symptom management, or presented complex psychosocial needs.

Prospective study following cancer patients (n = 662) receiving support from a palliative care case manager in Dutch primary care, using registration forms filled out by the case manager after contact with the patient and/or informal carer.

The cluster randomised trial of palliative care case conferencing described in this article will make an important contribution to the evidence base concerned with family case conferencing for residents with advanced dementia who are dying in nursing homes.

Prospective study in a group of Dutch cancer patients (n = 662) receiving support from a palliative care case manager.

This is the first study to investigate the relationship between organizational characteristics of primary palliative care case management and provision of support.

What characteristics of patients and the organizational setting are related to the number of contacts with the patient and to the number of conversations the palliative care case manager has per topic with patients and/or informal carers?

What support is provided by the palliative care case manager with regard to number of contacts, mode of contact, duration of contacts, time between the first and last recorded contact, persons present during contacts, and content of contacts?

The persons who refer patients to palliative care case managers expect psychosocial support to be given, since this was mentioned as a reason for referral in more than three quarters of patients with a combination of treatment aims and in two third of patients with a sole palliative care treatment aim [ 23].

Therefore this study aims to answer the following two questions: What support is provided by the palliative care case manager with regard to number of contacts, mode of contact, duration of contacts, time between the first and last recorded contact, persons present during contacts, and content of contacts?

Recalculated HSMRs that included palliative cases under varying scenarios.