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[Public policy on palliative care and its implications for services, opioids, and education in ColombiaPolítica pública de cuidados paliativos e suas implicares para servidos, opioides e educaao na Colombia].

Miguel Antonio Sánchez-Cárdenas, Laura Aguilar-Obregón, María Bernal-Tovar, Karen Gómez-Serrano, Ana Rubiano-Albarracín, Marcela Tarazona-Álvarez, Daniela Vanegas-Gutiérrez, Genny Paola Fuentes-Bermúdez

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Miguel Antonio Sánchez-CárdenasUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: sanchezcmiguel@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia sanchezcmiguel@unbosque.edu.co.
Laura Aguilar-ObregónUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: laguilaro@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia laguilaro@unbosque.edu.co.
María Bernal-TovarUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: mbernal@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia mbernal@unbosque.edu.co.
Karen Gómez-SerranoUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: ktgomez@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia ktgomez@unbosque.edu.co.
Ana Rubiano-AlbarracínUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: arubianoa@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia arubianoa@unbosque.edu.co.
Marcela Tarazona-ÁlvarezUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: mtarazonaa@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia mtarazonaa@unbosque.edu.co.
Daniela Vanegas-GutiérrezUniversidad El Bosque. Facultad de Enfermería. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: davanegas@unbosque.edu.co Universidad El Bosque Universidad El Bosque Facultad de Enfermería Bogotá Colombia davanegas@unbosque.edu.co.
Genny Paola Fuentes-BermúdezUniversidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Enfermería, Departamento de Salud de Colectivos. Bogotá, Colombia. Email: gfuentesb@unal.edu.co Universidad Nacional de Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Enfermería Departamento de Salud de Colectivos Bogotá Colombia gfuentesb@unal.edu.co.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Palliative care development requires the intervention of multiple dimensions of public health, including the availability of health services, essential medicines, and educational programs. In Colombia, several changes have been made in public policy to promote the care of people with palliative needs. Objective: To empirically evaluate existing public policies on palliative care and their implications for the availability of services, opioids, and educational programs during the years 2010 to 2019 in Colombia. Materials and methods: A mixed sequential exploratory study was designed in three phases: identification of empirical indicators of national policies, palliative care situational diagnosis, and qualitative assessment of the results of policy implementation in seven regional nodes in Colombia. Results: Seven standards were reviewed, yielding 12 empirical indicators for assessment, six of which had no sources of information. The national diagnosis shows a gradual increase in services and opioid use during the landmark years of policy development. Forty-four palliative care professionals perceive a positive effect of public policy on opioid use and low outcomes for service and education domains. Conclusions: There is a positive relationship between public policy and opioid use, a positive quantitative relationship with palliative care services, and a negative quantitative- qualitative relationship with educational programs. This indicates a low operational status of policies designed to alleviate the pain and suffering associated with advanced chronic diseases.

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Analgesics, OpioidEducationHealth ServicesPalliative CarePublic Health Policy

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PMID40115200
PMCPMC11559323

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