Palliative care delivery models: a systematic scoping review protocol.

Aim: This scoping review will map out the evidence for palliative care delivery models in hospitals and the challenges of their application in practice from 2012 to 2022. A list of the predetermined MeSH terms will be used to search electronic databases for the relevant literature in English or Persian.

Method: The Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's guideline will be used to qualitatively appraise the identified reports and to assess their scientific rigour. Information about the introduced models will be summarised in extraction sheets and a narrative synthesis of the retrieved data will be performed and tabulated for benchmarking analysis. The findings will be applicable for evidence-informed policy-making in health systems and in response to palliative care unmet needs. The study results could also be accommodated in decision-making processes for the adoption of an integrated PalC model to achieve enhanced organisational performance in clinical settings.