ArticleJournal of palliative care2024
Mapping Palliative Care Availability and Accessibility: A First Step to Eradicating Access Deserts in the Low- and Middle-Income Settings.
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- Nurses' Perspectives on the Integration of Telehealth in Palliative Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- The use of telemedicine in palliative care in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.Palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Place of Death for People with Life-Limiting Illnesses in Malaysia: Trends (2005-2019) and Projections to 2030.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Health-related social needs and distress in cancer patients and survivors: A global scoping review of food, housing, and transportation insecurity.Preventive oncology & epidemiology · 2026Article
- Stakeholder consensus of quality indicators for end-of-life cancer care in Malaysia: a modified Delphi study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- The 4Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Supportive Care Needs of Individuals With Colorectal Cancer in a Low- and Middle-Income Setting: Implications for Advancing Patient-Centered Cancer Care.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- The evolution of serious health-related suffering from 1990 to 2021: an update to The Lancet Commission on global access to palliative care and pain relief.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Article
- Integrating Telehealth into Community-Based Palliative Care: A Systematic Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Accessibility and Quality of Palliative Care-Experience in Primary Health Care.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivePalliative care is unavailable and/or inaccessible for the majority of people in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study aims to determine the availability and accessibility of palliative care services in Malaysia, a middle-income country that has made good progress toward universal health coverage (UHC).
methodPublicly available data, and databases of registered palliative care services were obtained from governmental and nongovernmental sources. Google Maps and Rome2Rio web-based applications were used to assess geographical disparities by estimating the median distance, travel time, and travel costs from every Malaysian district to the closest palliative care service.
resultsSubstantial variations in availability, components, and accessibility (distance, time, and cost to access care) of palliative care services were observed. In the highly developed Central Region of Peninsular Malaysia, specialty care was available within 4 km whereas in the less-developed East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, patients had to travel approximately 46 km. In the predominantly rural East Malaysia, basic palliative care services were 82 km away and, in some instances, where land connectivity was scarce, it took 2.5 h to access care via boat. The corresponding median travel costs were USD2 (RM9) and USD23 (RM114) in Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia.
conclusionThe stark urban-rural divide in the availability and accessibility of palliative care services even in a setting that has made good progress toward UHC highlights the urgent need for decentralization of palliative care in the LMICs. This may be achieved by capacity building and task shifting in primary care and community settings.
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