The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based specialist palliative care for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

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Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2019
Year Published

2020
Quality Rating

11/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (17); UK (England) (6); Canada (3); Australia (2); Denmark (2); Italy (2); Turkey (2); Belgium (1); Kenya (1); Korea - South (1); Sweden (1); Switzerland (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

USA (17); UK (England) (6); Canada (3); Australia (2); Denmark (2); Italy (2); Turkey (2); Belgium (1); Kenya (1); Korea - South (1); Sweden (1); Switzerland (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Many
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Case management
By whom care is provided
Skill mix - Multidisciplinary teams
Skill mix - Volunteers or caregivers
Where care is provided
Site of service delivery
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Sectors
Home care
Hospital care
Providers
Physician
Specialist
Nurse
Allied health professional
Caregivers

Publication details

Citation

Bajwah S, Oluyase AO, Yi D, Gao W, Evans CJ, Grande G, et al. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based specialist palliative care for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020;(9):Art. No.: CD012780. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012780.
DOI

10.1002/14651858.CD012780

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