Table 2 Classification of relevant studies by health conditions and healthcare sectors (n = 91)
From: Conceptual foundations of a palliative approach: a knowledge synthesis
# Articles by healthcare sectora | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health conditions | # Articles | Hospital | Residential | Home and community | Other b |
Multiple chronic diseases | 29 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
Cancer | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Dementia | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
COPD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Neurological diseases | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
AIDs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Renal disease | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Frail elderly | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Congestive heart failure | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Not specified | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Total | 91 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 16 |