Outputs (2)

The cost of providing care by family and friends (informal care) in the last year of life: A population observational study (2024)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Currow, D. C., Chynoweth, J., Weatherly, H., Keser, G., Hutchinson, A., Jones, A., Dunn, L., & Allgar, V. (2024). The cost of providing care by family and friends (informal care) in the last year of life: A population observational study. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241259649

Introduction: Little is known about replacement costs of care provided by informal carers during the last year of life for people dying of cancer and non-cancer diseases. Aim: To estimate informal caregiving costs and explore the relationship with ca... Read More about The cost of providing care by family and friends (informal care) in the last year of life: A population observational study.

Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: A proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research (2024)
Journal Article
Kochovska, S., Murtagh, F. E., Agar, M., Phillips, J. L., Dudgeon, D., Lujic, S., Johnson, M., & Currow, D. C. (2024). Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: A proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241234227

Background: Palliative care is characterised by heterogeneous patient and caregiver populations who are provided care in different health systems and a research base including a large proportion of observational, mostly retrospective studies. The inh... Read More about Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: A proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research.