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Strategies for the promotion of home palliative care - what is still to be learned and how?

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalliative care
Subtitle of host publicationthe role and importance of research in promoting palliative care practices: reports from developed countries
EditorsMichael Silbermann
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherNova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter7
Pages97-111
Number of pages15
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)9781536162004
ISBN (Print)9781536161991
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Palliative care
  • Home palliative care teams
  • Organization of services
  • E-health
  • Outcomes
  • Costs

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