Table 1.
Palliative care inventory study design
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Development of the inventory |
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-development of glossary of terms[9] | ||||
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-development of questionnaire on organization of palliative care | ||||
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> including two questions on legislation and regulation of palliative care in Europe | ||||
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1. What kinds of laws regarding palliative care do exist? (plus year established) |
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2. Is there a national and/or regional health policy regarding palliative care in your country? |
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a. If yes, please describe (development, budget, aims) |
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b. Describe the implementation of the plan, regarding the organization of services |
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c. Is there a national / regional palliative care association/federation/organization in your country? Please describe on national and regional basis |
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d. How is palliative care financed? Please describe, also relevant budgets: |
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-Public /private/voluntary |
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-Is it dedicated for palliative care? |
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-Differences between care settings? |
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Phase II |
Consultation with 6 to 12 key persons per country to further complete the questionnaire, |
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Phase III |
(grey) Literature study |
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-Collecting of palliative care policy documents per country | ||||
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-Additional snowball sampling based on pubmed search, expert consultation, internet search. | ||||
| Phase IV | Comparative analysis based upon the country specific information. | |||