Over the last 10 years the number of palliative care teams in hospitals has more than
doubled. Yet despite the myriad benefits of palliative care, as well as its recent growth, much …

Background: Palliative care is expanding rapidly in the United States. Objective: To examine
variation in access to hospital palliative care. Methods: Data were obtained from the …

Background: Hospital palliative care programs provide high-quality, comprehensive care for
seriously ill patients and their families. Objective: To examine geographic variation in patient …

Context The current state of palliative care in cancer centers is not known. Objectives To
determine the availability and degree of integration of palliative care services and to …

In 2014 the World Health Organization called for palliative care to be integrated as an
essential element of the health care continuum. Yet in 2017 US palliative care services are …

Background This study examined the changes in outpatient palliative care services at US
cancer centers over the past decade. Methods Between April and August 2018, all National …

Objective: To identify barrier to achieving universal access to high quality palliative care in
Canada, review published national strategies and frameworks to promote palliative care …

Objective: To understand perceptions of palliative care in acute care hospitals and identify
barriers to earlier use of palliative care in the illness trajectory. Methods: In Pennsylvania …

Background: The extent of unmet need for palliative care in US hospitals remains largely
unknown. We conducted a multisite cross-sectional, retrospective point prevalence analysis …

In the United States, the majority of deaths occur in the hospital but the dying process there
is at best unsatisfactory and more likely inadequate for both patients and caregivers. The …