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ReviewIndian journal of palliative care

Rural Elderly and Access to Palliative Care: A Public Health Perspective.

Abhijeet Vasant Jadhav

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Review in Indian journal of palliative care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Role of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine in Community Based Palliative Care - A Position Statement.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2024
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  4. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Abhijeet Vasant JadhavVikas Anvesh Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In near future, the elderly population will increase to a high proportion. This will increase the burden of Age-Related Diseases (ARDs) to a significant level. Most of the ARDs need palliative care (PC) for a fairly long duration. Some statistical extrapolations are discussed to help in identifying this future burden. The existing PC centers are limited in numbers, situated mainly in urban areas, and mostly attached to cancer hospitals. Socioeconomic vulnerabilities of the elderly, especially in rural areas, are high, and access to health is also not optimal. In the coming decades, the number of needy people, as well as the demand for PC, will increase. Existing numbers indicate that exponential increment in quantum and quality of PC services is required to deal with the imminent burden. Specific suggestions are made to use existing public health programs to cater to the rural elderly.

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Access to healthelderlypalliative carerural

Identifiers

PMID32132795
PMCPMC7017711

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