Table 1 Inclusion criteria for organisational cases
From: Enhancing integrated palliative care: what models are appropriate? A cross-case analysis
• the hospice is part of an established local palliative care collaboration; • the collaboration must contain at least two different organizations; • a hospital can be part of that collaboration; • collaborating healthcare professionals must provide direct patient care (not only an advisory function); • the collaboration has a multidisciplinary background (professionals of different professions must be involved, e.g. physician (specialist, GP), nurse (specialist), social worker, Allied Health Professional, spiritual worker, complementary therapist, others); • the collaboration aims to provide palliative care for one or more patient diagnostic groups (advanced COPD/heart failure/cancer). |