Issues using linkage of hospital records and death certificate data to determine the size of a potential palliative care population

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Issues using linkage of hospital records and death certificate data to determine the size of a potential palliative care population

BACKGROUND: Studies aiming to identify palliative care populations have used data from death certificates and in some cases hospital records. The size and characteristics of the identified populations can show considerable variation depending on the data sources used. It is important that service pl...

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Main Authors:	Brameld, Kate, Spilsbury, Katrina, Rosenwax, Lorna, Murray, K., Semmens, James
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2017
Online Access:	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1067331 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7685

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