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A scoping review of palliative care assessment tools

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
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  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2024-12-27
  • Year Published
    2026
  • Quality Rating
    4/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Canada (51); Australia (12); Global (7); Ghana (6); China (5); Denmark (4); Brazil (3); Finland (3); France (3); Belgium (2); Czech Republic (2); Botswana (1); Chile (1); Colombia (1); Croatia (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    Where care is provided
    Physical structure, facilities & equipment
  • Theme
  • Domain
    Technologies
    Diagnostics
    Sectors
    Rehabilitation care
Publication details
  • Citation
    Aakataa M & Khalil H. A scoping review of palliative care assessment tools. BMC Palliative Care. 2026;25:188.
  • DOI
    10.1186/s12904-026-02099-9

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