Estimation of the demand for palliative care in non-oncologic patients in Chile

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dc.article.number5
dc.catalogadorpva
dc.contributor.authorArmijo Escalona, Nicolás Andrés
dc.contributor.authorAbbot, Tomás
dc.contributor.authorEspinoza Sepúlveda, Manuel Antonio
dc.contributor.authorNeculhueque, Ximena
dc.contributor.authorBalmaceda, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-08T19:09:40Z
dc.date.available2023-03-08T19:09:40Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2023-01-15T01:02:09Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Access to palliative care is an emerging global public health challenge. In Chile, a palliative care law was recently enacted to extend palliative care coverage to the non-oncologic population. Thus, a reliable and legitimate estimate of the demand for palliative care is needed for proper health policy planning. Objective: To estimate the demand for Palliative Care in Chile. Methodology: Diseases likely to require palliative care were identified according to literature and expert judgement. Annual deaths of diseases identified were estimated for the periods 2018–2020. Demand estimation corresponds to the identification of the proportion of deceased patients requiring palliative care based on the burden of severe health-related suffering. Finally, patient-years were estimated based on the expected survival adjustment. Results: The estimated demand for palliative care varies between 25,650 and 21,679 patients depending on the approximation used. In terms of annual demand, this varies between 1,442 and 10,964 patient-years. The estimated need has a minor variation between 2018 and 2019 of 0.85% on average, while 2020 shows a slightly higher decrease (7.26%). Conclusion: This is a replicable method for estimating the demand of palliative care in other jurisdictions. Future studies could approach the demand based on the decedent population and living one for a more precise estimation and better-informed health planning. It is hoped that our methodological approach will serve as an input for implementing the palliative care law in Chile, and as an example of estimating the demand for palliative care in other jurisdictions.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-01-15
dc.format.extent7 páginas
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dc.identifier.citationBMC Palliative Care. 2023 Jan 12;22(1):5
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12904-022-01122-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01122-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/66542
dc.information.autorucEscuela de medicina ; Armijo Escalona, Nicolás Andrés ; 0000-0002-6000-0219 ; 233953
dc.information.autorucEscuela de medicina ; Abbott, Tomás ; S/I ; 203717
dc.information.autorucEscuela de medicina ; Espinoza Sepúlveda, Manuel Antonio ; 0000-0001-9564-9512 ; 10720
dc.information.autorucEscuela de medicina ; Balmaceda, Carlos ; S/I ; 169851
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final7
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaBMC Palliative Care
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)
dc.subjectPalliative carees_ES
dc.subjectMortalityes_ES
dc.subjectHealth services needs and demandes_ES
dc.subjectChronic diseasees_ES
dc.subjectComorbidityes_ES
dc.subjectForecastinges_ES
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.titleEstimation of the demand for palliative care in non-oncologic patients in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen22
sipa.codpersvinculados233953
sipa.codpersvinculados203717
sipa.codpersvinculados10720
sipa.codpersvinculados169851
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