Community readiness and momentum: identifying and including community-driven variables in a mixed-method rural palliative care service siting model

摘要

BackgroundHealth service administrators make decisions regarding how to best use limited resources to have the most significant impact. Service siting models are tools that can help in this capacity. Here we build on our own mixed-method service siting model focused on identifying rural Canadian communities most in need of and ready for palliative care service enhancement through incorporating new community-driven insights.