Barriers and facilitators to care for the terminally ill: A cross-country case comparison study of Canada, England, Germany, and the United States

Abstract

Successful implementation of effective and efficient best practice approaches to care for the terminally ill, such as shared care, requires concerted action to align these system-level characteristics; many factors were identified as being essential but not sufficient. Policy implementation needs to be tailored to the respective health-care system(s), monitored, and fine-tuned.