Reasons for patients in high income countries accessing hospital care while receiving specialist community palliative care: A systematic review and meta-ethnography
This meta-ethnography identified insights for developing effective person-centred initiatives aimed at reducing unplanned hospital use and opportunities for specialist community palliative care services to support patient and carer needs. Capturing patient perspectives is essential for future research.
Authors
- Norah Elvidge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8627-8852)
- Melanie Rolfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1399-895X)
- H. B. Carter
- Karen Smith
- Jane L. Phillips
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Services Australia (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163261418625
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00