Table 1.
Studies of human resource planning for physicians, nurses, or social workers in palliative care
| Study | Country | Professions |
|---|---|---|
| Salsberg 2002 | The USA | Physicians |
| Goodman et al. 2006 | The USA | Physicians |
| Chiarella and Duffield 2007 | The USA, Germany, the UK, Australia | Nurses and other unspecified |
| Billings 2008 | The USA | Physicians and nurse practitioners |
| Ogle 2009 | The USA | Social workers, physician’s assistants, Chaplains, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians |
| Lupu 2010 | The USA | Physicians |
| Roberts and Hurst 2013 | The UK | Nurses |
| Douglas 2012 | The USA | Nurses |
| Quill and Abernethy 2013 | The USA | Physicians |
| Kamal, Maguire, and Meier 2015 | The USA | Physicians |
| Spetz et al. 2016 | The USA | Social workers, physician’s assistants, Chaplains, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, osteopaths |
| O’Mahony et al. 2018 | The USA | Chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians |
| Dudley, Chapman, and Spetz 2018 | The USA | Physicians, Social workers, Chaplains, nurse practitioners, nurses |