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A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Western Australia for July – December 2019

Year: 2020

Type: report

Abstract: The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data collection. This report provides a high level profile of 4,631 patients who received palliative care in Western Australia during July to December 2019 and had their pain, symptom, family / carer and psychological / spiritual issues assessed as part of routine clinical care.

Source: Research Online (University of Wollongong)

Authors: Samuel F Allingham, Samuel J Burns, Tanya Pidgeon, Natalie Pierre-Joseph, Linda M Foskett, Sabina P Clapham, Barbara A Daveson, Kathy Eagar

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3045704713

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