A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Western Australia for July – December 2019

Authors

Samuel F. Allingham, University of WollongongFollow
Samuel J. Burns, University of WollongongFollow
Tanya PidgeonFollow
Natalie JosephFollow
Linda M. Foskett, University of WollongongFollow
Sabina P. Clapham, University of WollongongFollow
Barbara A. Daveson, University of WollongongFollow
Kathy Eagar, University of WollongongFollow
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration

RIS ID

143847

Publication Details

S. Allingham, S. Burns, T. Pidgeon, N. Joseph, L. Foskett, S. Clapham, B. Daveson, K. Eagar, & PCOC, A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Western Australia for July – December 2019 (Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration, Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, 2020).

Abstract

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data collection. This report provides a high level profile of 4,631 patients who received palliative care in Western Australia during July to December 2019 and had their pain, symptom, family / carer and psychological / spiritual issues assessed as part of routine clinical care.