Importance The evidence for palliative care exists predominantly for patients with cancer.
The effect of palliative care on important end-of-life outcomes in patients with noncancer …

End-of-life medical services in the form of Hospice or Palliative care were initiated in the
middle of 1900 in order to comfort the dying patients and support their families. There are a …

Importance Palliative care improves health outcomes, but studies of the differences in the
delivery of palliative care to patients with different types of serious illness are lacking …

Background Older patients are increasingly showing multi-comorbidities, including
advanced chronic diseases. When admitted to the emergency department (ED), the decision …

Background Globally, a rising number of people live into advanced age and die with
multimorbidity and frailty. Palliative care is advocated as a person-centred approach to …

Backgrounds Early integration of palliative care for terminally ill non-cancer patients
improves quality of life. However, there are scanty data on Palliative Care Consultation …

Background Specialist palliative care teams (SPCTs) in hospitals improve quality of life and
satisfaction with care for patients with advanced disease. However, referrals to SPCTs are …

Background Innovative models of collaborative palliative care are urgently needed to meet
gaps in end-of-life care among people with heart failure. We sought to determine whether …

Background Stroke is a prevalent neurological disease that can have a profound impact on
women's physical, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being. In many cases, women living with …

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 …