Table 2.

Inclusion criteria for substudy III

Intervention group	Prospective control group	Historical control
Currently cared for by one of the participating SPHC teams (including access to emergency services) regardless of the underlying disease ≥18 years Having the capacity to give written consent Not too distressed or ill to participate in the study (assessed by the clinical team) Sufficiently fluent in German	Currently cared for by one of the participating SPHC teams (including access to emergency services) regardless of the underlying disease ≥18 years Not using eIPOS	Inclusion/exclusion criteria will be finalised after analysing data from phase 1 Currently planned: inclusion of all patients cared for by the participating SPHC teams (including access to emergency services) during the last 6 months before the implementation of eIPOS

eIPOS, electronic Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale; SPHC, specialised palliative home care.