Ambulatory Palliative Care

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• Ambulatory palliative care is defined broadly as non-inpatient palliative care across outpatient, day-care, community, and home-based settings. — Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) used in ambulatory palliative care for adult patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
• Outpatient and community-based palliative care models are presented as the scalable way to address LMIC access gaps. — Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) used in ambulatory palliative care for adult patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
• The broad definition is intended to reduce misclassification bias in LMIC studies that may not use the word ambulatory. — Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) used in ambulatory palliative care for adult patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
• Ambulatory palliative care in LMICs often relies on family caregivers and community health workers rather than specialized multidisciplinary teams. — Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) used in ambulatory palliative care for adult patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
• Instruments suitable for ambulatory settings may have greater public health impact than inpatient-only tools because inpatient beds are scarce. — Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) used in ambulatory palliative care for adult patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol