Table 1.
Search strategy and retrieval summary on palliative care utilization among cancer patents in Ethiopia, 2025.
Fig 1.
Flow chart diagram and PRISMA checklist describing the selection of studies for the systematic review and meta-analysis on Palliative care among cancer patients in Ethiopia, 2025.
Table 2.
Characteristics of included studies on Palliative care utilization and its influencing factors among cancer patients in Ethiopia, 2025.
Table 3.
JBI critical appraisal on Palliative care service utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia, 2025.
Fig 2.
Forest plot shows the pooled utilization rate of Palliative care service among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Fig 3.
Forest plot indicating sub‐analysis of utilization of Palliative care based on region among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Fig 4.
Galbraith plot shows pooled utilization rate of Palliative care service among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Table 4.
Influence of each study on pooled effect size on palliative care service utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia, 2025.
Fig 5.
Forest plot shows the association of educational status and Palliative care service among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Fig 6.
Galbraith plot shows the association of educational status and Palliative care service utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Fig 7.
Forest plot shows the association of educational status and Palliative care service utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025.
Table 5.
Summary of factors associated with Palliative care utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia.
Table 6.
Certainty of evidence assessment using core GRADE for palliative care utilization among cancer patients in Ethiopia, 2025.