Background: Terminally ill patients at the end-of-life do transit between care settings due to
their complex care needs. Problems of care fragmentation could result in poor quality of …

Background: Multiple studies demonstrate substantial utilization of acute hospital care and,
potentially excessive, intensive medical and surgical treatments at the end-of-life. Aim: To …

Background: Specialized home-based palliative care (HPC) services aim at reducing the
number of visits to emergency departments (EDs) and hospitalizations at end of life. In …

Purpose Many assert the need for home hospice care. However, limited research has shown
its effectiveness. The authors of this study thus evaluated the effectiveness of a home …

Background: It has been demonstrated that most patients in the terminal stages of cancer
would benefit from palliative home-care services. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess …

Background: Access to hospice palliative care may improve quality of life, reduce the use of
potentially aggressive end-of-life care and allow for death to occur outside of an acute care …

Background: Comparative effectiveness of different types of palliative homecare is sparsely
researched internationally—despite its potential to inform necessary decisions in palliative …

OBJECTIVES The current evidence base regarding the effectiveness of home‐based
palliative care (HomePal) on outcomes of importance to multiple stakeholders remains …

Background Meeting patients' preferences for place of care at the end-of-life is an indicator
of quality palliative care. Understanding the key elements required for terminal care within …

Objectives Palliative care is still often involved late in the disease trajectory. Recently, some
studies have explored the barriers to early integration of PC in the hospital setting. Because …