Abstract
Home palliative care (HPC) is one of the most important strategies to achieve universal health coverage in patients at end-of-life. In this chapter, we explore how this kind of care can be promoted and delivered in different realities, and what its impact will be on health care costs and on the use of health resources. For these purposes, human resources in quality and quantity, funding, quality improvement strategies and programs, outcomes and continuous evaluation play a very important role. E-health seems to be promising and useful for achieving the HPC expected outcomes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Palliative care |
| Subtitle of host publication | the role and importance of research in promoting palliative care practices: reports from developed countries |
| Editors | Michael Silbermann |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Nova Science Publishers, Inc. |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 97-112 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781536162004 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781536161991 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Palliative care
- Home palliative care teams
- Organization of services
- E-health
- Outcomes
- Costs