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ReviewBMC palliative care2018

Aligning policy objectives and payment design in palliative care.

Stephen Duckett

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in BMC palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Population Preferences for Treatment in Life-Limiting Illness: Valuing the Way Time Is Spent at the End of Life.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2025
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  3. NDIS Participants with Psychosocial Disabilities and Life-Limiting Diagnoses: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen DuckettHealth Program, Grattan Institute, 8 Malvina Place, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia. stephen.duckett@grattan.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2096-5905
Center for Grain and Animal Health Research · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPayment models for palliative care vary across nations, with few adopting contemporary payments designs that apply to other parts of the health system.

aimTo propose optimal payment arrangements for palliative care. APPROACH: Review of relevant literature on funding mechanisms in health care generally and palliative care in particular.

resultsPayment models for palliative care should move toward activity-based funding using an agreed classification, be uncapped funding with performance monitoring, and make explicit use of performance metrics and reporting.

conclusionsIf palliative care is to become a universally accessible service, new approaches to funding, based on the experience of funding reforms in other parts of the health system, need to be adopted.

Indexed as

InternationalityHealth PolicyHumansPalliative Careactivity-based fundingPalliative carepayment models

Identifiers

PMID29514639
PMCPMC5842537
OpenAlexW2796694976

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Registered trials

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