Kelsey M Owsley, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Ronica N Rooks, Gregory J Tung, Glen P Mays, Richard C Lindrooth
US Hospital Service Availability and New 340B Program Participation
JAMA health forum
populationbased data awareness knowledge palliative care currently exist austria therefore conducted survey determine general awareness knowledge palliative care styria federal state austria also asked participants imagine services would need patient family member would like receive services fears imagined patients terminal illness would descriptive crosssectional survey consisting 18 questions address several aspects palliative care carried adult population styria austria october 2019 march 2020 total 419 questionnaires analyzed whereby 703 respondents least heard palliative care significantly female university degree aged 50 64 main goal palliative care chosen correctly 671 participants proportion correct answers increasing line education reaching 820 among university graduates overall 732 believed greatest need terminally ill persons reduction physical suffering whereas greatest perceived need relatives availability specialist care around clock onethird believed greatest fear palliative patients death chosen significantly often men women terminally ill 39 respondents would wish looked home professional carers women people completed high school chose answer significantly often desired service provided patients relatives home pain management 699 followed time family caregivers 580 item chosen significantly often women facilitate care severely ill patients home would make sense develop targeted information campaigns also attempt deliver targeted information less informed groups people young poorly educated men order raise awareness difficulties challenges providing care terminally ill patients thus increase acceptance support options