TY - JOUR T1 - Costs incurred by family caregivers of patients with palliative care needs JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 93 LP - 93 DO - 10.1136/eb-2015-102094 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Ronda G Hughes Y1 - 2016/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/3/93.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Gott M, Allen R, Moeke-Maxwell T, et al. ‘No matter what the cost’: a qualitative study of the financial costs faced by family and whānau caregivers within a palliative care context. Palliative Med 2015;29:518–528.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedHealthcare providers should consider the range and significance of unsubsidised costs incurred by family caregivers of patients with palliative care needs.Future research needs to describe the extent and variation of costs borne by family caregivers of palliative care patients.With increasing healthcare costs, there has been a shift from providing palliative and end of life care from hospital to community settings. This shift has implications for community healthcare providers and … ER -