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Suchira Chaiviboontham1, Piyawan Pokpalagon1
1Associate Professor, Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Background:
Thailand has few hospices and a limited range of palliative care services.
Aims:
To explore palliative care models in Thailand.
Methods:
A convergent mixed-methods study design using purposive sampling to select three levels of healthcare services and one religious organisation.
Findings:
The quantitative data revealed that the structures of palliative care accessibility, referral systems, and continuity of care were in place at all levels of healthcare services. The qualitative data revealed the themes of the structure of palliative care, processes and outcomes.
Conclusion:
The variety of palliative care structures identified in Thailand are suitable for the context in which palliative care is provided. The problems that need solving are referral systems, patient access to opioids, inequitites in care distribution and medicine dispensing and palliative care outcome evaluation.
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