Comparison of home-based palliative care delivered by community health workers versus usual care: research protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.

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Background

Research studies demonstrate that palliative care can improve patient outcomes such as quality of life, symptom burden and patient satisfaction with care (Gomes B, et al. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013(6):CD00776) (World Health Organization. Palliative Care. Published 2020.). While 76% of patients who need palliative care live in limited-resource countries, access to high quality palliative services in these countries is minimal (Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Association and World Health Organization. Global Atlas of Palliative Care (2nd ed). 2020.). In 2014 the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, with strong endorsement by the WH

SUBMITTER: Qanungo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474632 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature