ArticleBMC health services research2024
Policy, system and service design influence on healthcare inequities for people with end-of-life chronic obstructive airways disease, their support people and health professionals.
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- The inverse palliative care law in advanced lung disease: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Unmet Healthcare Needs in COPD: A Text Network Analysis and Topic Modeling of Pre/Post-COVID-19 Research Trends.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- End-of-life care utilization of older adults with heart failure and/or COPD: the role of family availability.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with end-of-life chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience debilitating physical limitations, with a high mortality rate. Our research has shown health system design and delivery leads to inequitable outcomes. Enabling people with end-of-life COPD, their support people, and health professionals to partner in setting the agenda for resource allocation may inform health service improvement.
designQualitative methodology utilising focus groups including patients, family, friends, informal support people, health care workers and professionals.
methodsThe analysis, utilising critical theory and Actor-Network theory, positioned people with severe COPD, their support people and health professionals as experts in end-of-life care. Analyses triangulated these perspectives, and were reviewed by the research investigators and an expert reference group.
resultsParticipants (n=74) in seven focus groups reported their experiences of inequity within the healthcare system. Equity was an overarching phenomenon identified by participants, with three specific themes being described: policy design, system design, and service design.
conclusionExperiences of patients, their support people and health professionals as experts in end-of-life COPD care can inform health systems and health service design to address current inequities in funding and delivery of care for end-of-life COPD.
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