Use of palliative care services and general practitioner visits at the end of life in The Netherlands and Belgium

Abarshi, Ebun and Echteld, Michael A and Van den Block, Lieve and Donker, Gé and Bossuyt, Nathalie and Meeussen, Koen and Bilsen, Johan and Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje and Deliens, Luc (2011) Use of palliative care services and general practitioner visits at the end of life in The Netherlands and Belgium. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41 (2). pp. 436-448. ISSN 0885-3924

Abstract

At the end of life, some personalized and specialized care is required. The way that general practitioner (GP) visits and palliative care services at the end of life are organized in different countries may impact the frequency of care provision. However, nationwide data on the prevalence of these interventions and comparisons among countries are scarce.