Pérez Cruz, Pedro EmilioUndurraga, Eduardo A.Arreola Ornelas, HectorCorsi Sotelo, OscarJiang Kwete, Xiao-XiaoKrakauer, Eric LewisRosa, William E.Knaul, Felicia Marie2023-07-112023-07-112023-03-01Pedro E. Pérez-Cruz, Eduardo Undurraga, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, Oscar Corsi, Xiao-Xiao Jiang Kwete, Eric L. Krakauer, William E. Rosa, Felicia M. Knaul, Bridging gaps to universal palliative care access in Chile: serious health-related suffering and the cost of expanding the package of care services, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 19, 2023, 100425, ISSN 2667-193X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100425https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100425https://hdl.handle.net/11285/651012Background The Lancet Commission on Palliative Care (PC) and Pain Relief quantified the burden of serious health-related suffering (SHS), proposing an Essential Package of PC (EPPC) to narrow the global PC divide. We applied the EPPC framework to analyze PC access in Chile, identify gaps in coverage, and provide recommendations to improve PC access.TextoengopenAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUDMedicineArtículoThe Lancet Regional Health - Americas0000-0002-7615-6218https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6265-6919https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4425-1253https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-6218https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-9326https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-8911https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-4788Palliative careDelivery of health careHealth policyUniversal health coverageCancerChileLatin America196174398550915400