Table 1.

Tasks of the IMPACT project

Year 1	Theory
	Modelling the organisation of palliative care in Europe [27]
Year 2	Modelling
	Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful interventions in focus groups and individual interviews 28]
	Identifying quality improvement strategies to improve the organisation of palliative care [29]
	Development of a QI set to assess the provision of palliative care [30]
Year 3	Pilot
	Pre-test: assessment of the organisation of palliative care, using QIs
	Implementation of strategies to improve the organisation of palliative care, tailored to national and setting-specific barriers and facilitators [31]
	Post-test: assessment of the organisation of palliative care, using QIs
Year 4	Evaluation and dissemination
	Process evaluation of the pilot
	Development of toolkit and manual about how to implement changes in the organisation of palliative care
	Other scientific output (papers, presentations, etc.)