Background: Significant gaps in the evidence base on costs in rural communities in Canada
and elsewhere are reported in the literature, particularly regarding costs to families …

Palliative care improves the quality of life for patients; however, its value-for-money is not yet
established. The objective of the present study was to identify and critically assess published …

Background: Specialty palliative care (SPC) provides patient-centered care to people with
serious illness and may reduce costs. Specific cost-saving functions of SPC remain unclear …

Abstract Objective Palliative Care Consult Service (PCCS) programme was established in
Hungary to provide palliative care to hospitalised patients with complex needs and to …

Introduction Despite the preference of many patients to die at home, high proportions of
patients with advanced cancer undergo major procedures, receive intensive care, and die in …

Background End-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer is costly. The palliative care
unit tend to reduce the healthcare costs of these patients. This study aimed to compare …

Abstract Background While hospital-based Palliative Care services are usually covered
through the main funding healthcare framework, traditional reimbursement methods have …

Background Palliative care can benefit all patients with life‐limiting diseases. Aim To
describe hospital use in the final year of life, timing of palliative care and variations by age …

Although efforts have been made to define optimal terminal care in palliative care units
(PCUs), comprehensive longitudinal evaluations of care outcomes in PCUs at the end of life …

Background The number of cancer patients potentially amenable to palliative care is
conventionally estimated from cancer deaths, as reported in the death certificates. However …