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The value and economic benefits of palliative care in primary care : an international perspective
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This editorial highlights the rationale for primary care delivering palliative care (Box 1) (1): palliative care can reach all those in need if integrated in primary care services; primary care can identify people much earlier in the course of the illness than specialist palliative care so can prevent as well as limit suffering; and primary care can provide palliative care more cost-effectively in primary care than in other settings. Moreover, recent studies also suggest that palliative care can prevent many planned and unscheduled episodes of high-cost low-impact treatment if it is integrated in routine primary care services at diagnosis of a serious illness. It can also decrease catastrophic costs for patients in specially low-income settings.
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/apm-23-270
Voir la revue «Annals of palliative medicine, 13»
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