Identifying patients with chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: development of the NECPAL tool and preliminary prevalence rates in Catalonia

Gómez-Batiste, Xavier; Martínez-Muñoz, Marisa; Blay, Carles; Amblàs, Jordi; Vila, Laura; Costa, Xavier; Villanueva, Alicia; Espaulella, Joan; Espinosa, Jose; Figuerola, Montserrat; Constante, Carles

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000211

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Identifying patients with chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: development of the NECPAL tool and preliminary prevalence rates in Catalonia

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Authors:

Xavier Gómez-Batiste

Marisa Martínez-Muñoz

Carles Blay

Abstract

Palliative care (PC) has focused on patients with cancer within specialist services. However, around 75% of the population in middle-income and high-income countries die of one or more chronic advanced diseases. Early identification of such patients in need of PC becomes crucial. In this feature art...

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