Making the most of routine data in palliative care research--a case study analysis of linked hospital and mortality data on cancer and heart failure patients in Scotland and Oxford.

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The research base of palliative care is growing rapidly, but despite methodological advances, some of the practical challenges of working with people at the end of life will persist. This means that analysis of routine data is arguably more important in studying palliative care than it is in other aspects of health services research. End-of-life researchers have been using the high-quality linked data from cancer registries for many years. This paper explores the value of a less well-known re...

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Authors: Hanratty, B; Goldacre, M; Griffith, M; Whitehead, M; Capewell, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Palliative medicine
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 744-749
• Publication date: 2008-09-01
• DOI: 10.1177/0269216308095021
• EISSN: 1477-030X
• ISSN: 0269-2163
• Language: English
• Keywords: Research; Socioeconomic Factors; Male; Aged; Length of Stay; Humans; Neoplasms; Heart Failure; England; Health Services; Scotland; Health Services Accessibility; Female; Palliative Care