Do people with disabilities access community-based palliative care services and does this service relieve hospitals and emergency departments: A study of the needs of people with intellectual disability, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia.

对残障人士在生命末期的保健服务需求和使用情况知之甚少。这项研究将有助于解决这一差距。选择的三组人是智力残疾、多发性硬化症和/或精神分裂症的成年人。这项研究旨在探索这些人及其照顾者在生命的最后一年的需求，包括对姑息护理的需求，以及获得姑息护理是否减轻了医院和急诊科的一些负担。

Very little is know about health service needs and use by people with disabilities at the end of life. The study will help to address this gap. The three groups chosen are adults with an intellectual disability, multiple sclerosis, and/or schizophrenia. The study aims to explore the needs of these people and their carers in their last year of life including the need for palliative care and whether access to palliative care relieves some of the burden on hospital and emergency departments