1. The COMPASS study: A descriptive study on the characteristics of palliative care team consultation for cancer patients in hospitals
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Lia van Zuylen, Jetske Meerum-Terwogt, Ellen J M de Nijs, Annemiek van der Padt-Pruijsten, Agnes van der Heide, Hester F. Lingsma, Suzanne Polinder, Liesbeth A Peters, Maurice J. D. L. van der Vorst, Arianne Brinkman-Stoppelenburg, Public Health, Medical Oncology, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, and Medical oncology
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,Nurses ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Life Expectancy ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,General Practitioners ,Neoplasms ,Adaptation, Psychological ,Medicine ,Humans ,Pain Management ,Nurse Practitioners ,Referral and Consultation ,Fatigue ,Aged ,Netherlands ,Oncologists ,Patient Care Team ,business.industry ,Palliative Care ,Cancer ,Cancer Pain ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Hospitals ,Anesthesiologists ,Hospitalization ,Dyspnea ,Oncology ,Palliative care.team ,Withholding Treatment ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Family medicine ,Life expectancy ,Female ,Patient Care ,Descriptive research ,business - Abstract
Objective: To describe the characteristics of palliative care team (PCT) consultation for patients with cancer who are admitted in hospital and to investigate when and why PCTs are consulted. Methods: In this descriptive study in ten Dutch hospitals, the COMPASS study, we compared characteristics of patients with cancer for whom a PCT was or was not consulted (substudy 1). We also collected information about the process of PCT con‐ sultations and the disciplines involved (substudy 2). Results: In substudy 1, we included 476 patients. A life expectancy
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- 2020