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

A L Jennings

Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

A Naysmith

Pembridge Palliative Care Centre, St Charles' Hospital, London

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.

Key Words: health services needs and demands • palliative care • length of stay • hospices

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 4, 349-352 (1999)
DOI: 10.1191/026921699666862354
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