Avoidable emergency department visits among palliative care cancer patients: novel insights from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East

Avoidable emergency department visits among palliative care cancer patients: novel insights from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East

Abstract Background Several studies emerging from developed countries have highlighted a significant number of potentially avoidable emergency department (ED) visits by cancer patients during the end-of-life period. However, there is a paucity of information from developing nations regarding palliat...

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Main Authors: Hagir Salama, Mohamed H. Omer, Areez Shafqat, Ahmed Binahmed, Ghadah Muhammed Alghamdi, Mohammed Saeed, Mohamed Madani Alfagi, Bayan Saeed Alqahtany, Feda Alshoshan, Dalia Salih, Ahmed Hashim, Mohammad Alkaiyat, Abdullah Algarni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Palliative care
End of life
Cancer
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Emergency department
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01389-4

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