Background Palliative care focuses on identifying, from a holistic perspective, the needs of
those experiencing problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. As older people …

Background Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is recognized as a risk factor for worse
health outcomes. How socioeconomic factors influence end-of-life care, and the magnitude …

Background While single indicators measure a specific aspect of quality (eg timely support
during labour), users of these indicators, such as patients, providers and policy-makers, are …

Objective To measure the associations between newly initiated palliative care in the last six
months of life, healthcare use, and location of death in adults dying from non-cancer illness …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of palliative home care support on the quality of care and
costs in the last 14 days of life. Design Matched cohort study using linked administrative …

Background Clinical guidance is needed to initiate, continue, and discontinue drug
treatments near the end of life. Aim To identify drugs and drug classes most often adequate …

Importance Improving the quality of cancer care is an international priority. Population-based
quality indicators (QIs) are key to this process yet remain almost exclusively used for …

Background The provision and quality of end-of-life care (EoLC) in Germany is inconsistent.
Therefore, an evaluation of current EoLC based on quality indicators is needed. This study …

End-of-life cancer care has been criticized as frequently inappropriate and aggressive.
Providing appropriate care to people with cancer is a public health priority. Quality indicators …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of provision and timing of palliative care (PC) on
potentially inappropriate end-of-life care to patients with cancer in a mixed generalist …