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Table 3 The categories and subcategories emerged from data analysis

From: Exploring health care providers’ perceptions about home-based palliative care in terminally ill cancer patients

Main categories

Subcategories

Challenges

Lack of inter-sectoral and inter-professional cooperation

Lack of appropriate infrastructures for end-of-life care

Challenges associated with the management of death

Challenges of transferring patients to their homes

Providing non-academic palliative care

Lack of political commitment of the government

Spiritual vacuum

Opportunities

Cost-effectiveness

Moving toward socialization of health

Structure of the health system as an opportunity