SynthesisPalliative medicine2017
What cost components are relevant for economic evaluations of palliative care, and what approaches are used to measure these costs? A systematic review.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Methodological challenges and potential solutions for economic evaluations of palliative and end-of-life care: A systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness-A systematic review.European journal of cancer care · 2018Pooled it
- Cost-Utility of the eHealth Application 'Oncokompas', Supporting Incurably Ill Cancer Patients to Self-Manage Their Cancer-Related Symptoms: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Trial
- The Cost-Effectiveness of Palliative Care: Insights from the PAL-HF Trial.Journal of cardiac failure · 2021Trial
- Measuring and valuing spillover effects in caregivers and families: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Economic Value of Unpaid Family Caregiver Time Following Hospital Discharge and at End of Life.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2024Article
- Costs of Palliative Care in Oncological and Non-Oncological Patients with Different Types of Ambulatory-Based Attention: Cost-Study Protocol.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Health Economic Evaluation of Patients With Colorectal Liver Metastases Randomized to ALPPS or TSH: Analysis From the LIGRO Trial.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024Article
- Evaluating a vertical nurse-led service in the integration of palliative care in a tertiary academic hospital.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on processes, resource use and cost in palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- End of life care for infants, children and young people (ENHANCE): Protocol for a mixed methods evaluation of current practice in the United Kingdom [version 1; peer review: 2 approved].NIHR open research · 2022Article
- Predicting unplanned hospital readmission in palliative outpatients (PRePP) - study protocol of a longitudinal, prospective study to identify informal caregiver-related and structural predictors.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- The monetary valuation of informal care to cancer decedents at end-of-life: Evidence from a national census survey.Palliative medicine · 2021Article
- Comparing the Analysis and Results of a Modified Social Accounting Matrix Framework with Conventional Methods of Reporting Indirect Non-Medical Costs.PharmacoEconomics · 2021Article
- Home Based Palliative Care: Known Benefits and Future Directions.Current geriatrics reports · 2021Review
- Exploring costs, cost components, and associated factors among people with dementia approaching the end of life: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2021Review
- Healthcare costs and productivity losses associated with county-based home-care service for sick children in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2020Observational
- Methodological aspects of economic evaluations conducted in the palliative or end of life care settings: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Equity and the financial costs of informal caregiving in palliative care: a critical debate.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIt is important to understand the costs of palliative and end-of-life care in order to inform decisions regarding cost allocation. However, economic research in palliative care is very limited and little is known about the range and extent of the costs that are involved in palliative care provision.
aimTo undertake a systematic review of the health and social care literature to determine the range of financial costs related to a palliative care approach and explore approaches used to measure these costs.
designA systematic review of empirical literature with thematic synthesis. Study quality was evaluated using the Weight of Evidence Framework. DATA SOURCES: The databases CINAHL, Cochrane, PsycINFO and Medline were searched from 1995 to November 2015 for empirical studies which presented data on the financial costs associated with palliative care.
resultsA total of 38 papers met our inclusion criteria. Components of palliative care costs were incurred within four broad domains: hospital care, community or home-based care, hospice care and informal care. These costs could be considered from the economic viewpoint of three providers: state or government, insurers/third-party/not-for-profit organisations and patient and family and/or society. A wide variety of costing approaches were used to derive costs.
conclusionThe evidence base regarding the economics of palliative care is sparse, particularly relating to the full economic costs of palliative care. Our review provides a framework for considering these costs from a variety of economic viewpoints; however, further research is required to develop and refine methodologies.
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