ReviewBMC palliative care2022
The end of life experiences of people living with socio-economic deprivation in the developed world: an integrative review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Relevance and consequence of economic and social resources of severely ill persons and their informal caregivers at the end-of-life: a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Socioeconomic differences in the intensity of end-of-life care among patients with cancer: a population-based study in the Lazio region, Italy.European journal of public health · 2026Observational
- Unequal goodbyes: disparities in end-of-life care before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across 28 countries.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Economic Disparities in Palliative Care Utilization Among Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Socioeconomic Stratification Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
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- Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health in PICU Mode of Death: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2026Article
- Frames of dying: a qualitative study of end-of-life experiences of terminal Arab patients.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Choices and challenges in end-of-life care and decision-making: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Bangladesh.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- End-of-life in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: How Palliative Care and Social Factors Impact Care and Cost.Journal of clinical gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Exploring palliative care access among older adults in Saudi Arabia: implications for nursing practice.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Nationwide Study.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Association of social vulnerability with access to treatment in ovarian cancer patients.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- How can healthcare professionals better support family caregivers in the final days of life: Could the "Family's Voice Diary" help? A qualitative study based in an area of high socio-economic deprivation.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Chronic illnesses requiring home-based palliative care and their impact on families in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi, India.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Quality of Hospices Used by Medicare Advantage and Traditional Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Association Between Patient Portal Activities and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Deceased Patients in the Last 12 Months of Life.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Individual Socioeconomic Factors Have a Greater Impact on End-of-Life Care Outcomes Than Regional Factors.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Unwarranted variations in end-of-life care and the impact of using an electronic coordination system.Research in health services & regions · 2023Article
- The end of life experiences of people living with socio-economic deprivation in the developed world: an integrative review.BMC palliative care · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThose experiencing socioeconomic deprivation have poorer quality of health throughout their life course which can result in poorer quality of death - with decreased access to palliative care services, greater use of acute care, and reduced access to preferred place of care compared with patients from less deprived populations.
aimTo summarise the current global evidence from developed countries on end-of-life experience for those living with socio-economic deprivation.
designIntegrative review in accordance with PRISMA. A thorough search of major databases from 2010-2020, using clear definitions of end-of-life care and well-established proxy indicators of socio-economic deprivation. Empirical research describing experience of adult patients in the last year of life care were included.
resultsForty studies were included from a total of 3508 after screening and selection. These were deemed to be of high quality; from a wide range of countries with varying healthcare systems; and encompassed all palliative care settings for patients with malignant and non-malignant diagnoses. Three global themes were identified: 1) multi-dimensional symptom burden, 2) preferences and planning and 3) health and social care interactions at the end of life.
conclusionsCurrent models of healthcare services are not meeting the needs of those experiencing socioeconomic deprivation at the end-of-life. Further work is needed to understand the disparity in care, particularly around ensuring patients voices are heard and can influence service development and delivery.
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