How can we improve palliative care patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries? Successful outcomes research in sub-Saharan Africa.
Palliative care has striven to be evidence-based and to measure and prove its outcomes, although the population we serve offers significant challenges in determining and measuring outcomes. Within low- and middle-income countries, there has been comparatively little outcome evidence in relation to the numbers of patients seen and the magnitude of need for palliative care. Here we report a novel collaborative effort to measure and improve outcomes for patients and families receiving palliative care in two sub-Saharan African countries.
Harding
Richard
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Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Richard.harding@kcl.ac.uk
Gwyther
Liz
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Mwangi-Powell
Faith
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Powell
Richard A
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Dinat
Natalya
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D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D003906:Developing Countries; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008330:Management Audit; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*