Reasons for unplanned hospitalisation in specialist community palliative care: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Many individuals receiving specialist community palliative care experience unplanned hospitalisations or emergency department presentations. Understanding the reasons for this is essential to developing person-centred solutions.

Objectives

To identify the reasons for unplanned hospitalisations among people receiving specialist community palliative care.

Methods

A PROSPERO (CRD42024495016) registered scoping review reported according to the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews. A search of CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, and Scopus was undertaken for studies published from 2014 to 2025. Two reviewers completed title, abstract and full text screening and data extraction. Extracted reasons for hospitalisation were inductively coded using a content analysis approach, allo

SUBMITTER: Elvidge N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12751587 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature