Community-based palliative care (CBPC) serves seriously ill individuals by integrating care
for symptom and stress relief with local health care systems. This review provides the first …

Background Cost-of-illness studies in palliative care are of growing interest in health
economics. There is no standard methodology to capture direct and non-direct healthcare …

Palliative care philosophy is based on a holistic approach to patients, but research shows
that possibilities for living up to this philosophy seem limited by historical and administrative …

The hospitalizations are part of cancer care and has been studied by researchers
worldwide. A better understanding about their associated factors may help to achieve …

Objective For eight chronic diseases, evaluate the association of specialist palliative care
(PC) exposure and timing with hospital-based acute care in the last 30 days of life. Design …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the federal government expenditures with
oncological care, for the most incident cancer types among the Brazilian population, using …

Background The Goals of Care Designation (GCD) is a medical order used to communicate
the focus of a patient's care in Alberta, Canada. In this study, we aimed to determine the …

Background: The benefits and harms of anticoagulants for people near the end of life are not
well understood, nor is it known what proportion of patients discontinue these medications …

Objectives To examine costs of care from a healthcare sector perspective within 1 year
before death in patients with non-cancer diseases and patients with cancer. Methods This …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Wesentliche Rahmenbedingungen für Palliativversorgung
(PV) werden auf regionaler Ebene gesetzt. Der Umfang zum Einsatz kommender …