No. | MICRO Recommendations | Mean | SD | Overall Ranking |
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25 | Integrated palliative care should encompass different dimensions of care including physical, psychological and spiritual aspects. | 8.58 | 0.95 | 2 |
26 | Integrated palliative care should involve assessments which are regularly updated and shared with other healthcare professionals within the care team. | 8.45 | 0.97 | 4 |
22 | Access to readily available and affordable essential medicines are necessary for integrated palliative care. | 8.42 | 1.20 | 6 |
9 | Develop systems that provide adequate out-of-hours integrated palliative care so that health care practitioners can maintain their work/life balance. | 8.30 | 1.21 | 8 |
24 | Raise public awareness about palliative care and its integration with healthcare. | 8.24 | 1.13 | 10 |
19 | Establish needs based referral systems to guide timely referrals to integrated palliative care. | 8.16 | 1.17 | 11 |
8 | Clinical protocols should be introduced to ensure integration of palliative care services for patients and families regardless of the setting where they are treated. | 8.04 | 1.22 | 16 |
20 | Establish a single point of contact for integrated palliative care at local level. | 7.91 | 1.58 | 22 |
7 | Building of informal relationships between health professionals are a foundation for formal structures which are pivotal for the integration of palliative care. | 7.81 | 1.43 | 24 |