title: How can we improve palliative care patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries? Successful outcomes research in sub-Saharan Africa.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Richard.harding@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gwyther
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mwangi-Powell
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Natalya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dinat
mesh_terms: 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*