1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«This study aimed to highlight the trajectory of palliative care costs over the last five months of life in five urban centres across Canada.» (p. 630)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The study sample was comprised of 160 terminally ill patients and their main informal caregivers.» (p. 630) L’étude a été conduite dans plusieurs villes du Canada, dont Montréal.

Instruments :
Sondage

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

According to the authors, «[p]articipants were asked to provide information on the goods and services they used related to the patients’ health condition, and on informal caregiving time. [...] The overall costs of care gradually increased from the fifth to the last month of the patients’ life. A large part of this cost increase was attributable to inpatient care. Among outpatient care costs the largest increase was observed for home care. Informal care costs were particularly high over the last 3 months of life. [...] The knowledge gained from this study would be useful to policy makers when developing policies that could help families caring for a terminally ill loved one at home.» (p. 630)
Note : Cette recherche contient des informations sur la relation entre les patients en phase terminale et les proches aidants, qui sont, le plus souvent, des membres de la famille.