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Buck, Jackie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3598-2329, Webb, Liz, Moth, Lorraine, Morgan, Lynn and Barclay, Stephen
(2020)
Persistent inequalities in Hospice at Home provision.
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 10 (3).
ISSN 2045-435X
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Abstract
Objective To describe the nature and scope of a new Hospice at Home (H@H) service and to identify its equality of provision. Methods Case note review of patients supported by a H@H service for 1 year from September 2012 to August 2013 (n=321). Descriptive analysis to report frequencies and proportions of quantitative data extracted from service logs, referral forms and care records; thematic analysis of qualitative data from care record free text. Results Demand outstripped supply. Twice as many night care episodes were requested (n=1237) as were provided (n=613). Inequalities in access to the service related to underlying diagnosis and socioeconomic status. 75% of patients using the service had cancer (221/293 with documented diagnosis). Of those who died at home in the areas surrounding the hospice, 53% (163/311) of people with cancer and 11% (49/431) of those without cancer received H@H support. People who received H@H care were often more affluent than the population average for the area within which they lived. Roles of the service identified included: care planning/implementation, specialist end-of-life care assessment and advice, a € holding' complex patients until hospice beds become available and clinical nursing care. Conclusion There is significant unmet need and potentially large latent demand for the H@H service. People without cancer or of lower socioeconomic status are less likely to access the service. Action is needed to ensure greater and more equitable service provision in this and similar services nationally and internationally.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | health inequalities,home care services,hospice and palliative care nursing,palliative care,primary health care,medicine (miscellaneous),oncology(nursing),medical–surgical,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2701 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2018 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 17:35 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66332 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001367 |
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