health care financingcommunity-based distributionopioid analgesicsWorld Health Organizationnoncommunicable diseasesurveyBackground: Previous estimates of global palliative care development have not been based on official country data.Sharkey, LeeLoring, BelindaCowan, MelanieRiley, LeanneKrakauer, Eric L....
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for cancer pain relief, opioid analgesics are the mainstay of cancer pain management.37 Among analgesics, since 1977 oral morphine has been used by hospices and palliative care units as the opioid of choice for the treatment of moderate...
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. NHPCO Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America.2011. http://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/Statistics_Research/2011_Facts_Figures.pdf. Accessed February 2012. 2. Thompson JW, Carlson MD, Bradley EH. US hospice industry experienced co...
The Catalonia World Health Organization demonstration project for palliative care implementation: quantitative and qualitative results at 20 years. Catalonia (Spain) has a total population of 7.3 million citizens for whom the National Health Service (NHS) provides health care that is free at the point...
Brand joins The Alliance—the combined organization of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization—with more than three decades in nursing, association management and health care management experience. ...
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published a new resource that offers hospice providers guidance on connecting with the Black community to improve access to comfort-focused care. In February 2021, the NHPCO updated the Black and African-American Outreach Guide...
From a study of the organization of a national clinical trial on the management of early cancer of the breast in women there appear to be overwhelming advantages in studying large numbers of patients. To this end centres abroad have been encouraged to join. All the evidence at present suggests...
It offers patient care services, operates medical cities and healthcare centers, and has implemented a centralized Electronic Medical Record system to enhance healthcare delivery. The organization also focuses on developing artificial intelligence solutions for patient care and has established academic and ...
Training deficits highlighted included poor organization and insufficient length, depth and specificity of courses (to meet the needs of nurses working in palliative care) and a lack of medical mentorship. Among Macmillan nurses who had not undergone extended formulary independent nurse prescribing ...
The statutory health insurance system is characterized by three main principles: solidarity – the willingness of the healthy people to pay for the sick and availability of a universal and comprehensive benefit package; decentralization and organization of the health care system from the bottom up; an...