The Development of Palliative Care Hospital Support Teams (HPCTs) in Bavaria from 2011-2015: Tasks, Acceptance, Structure and Funding

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Johanna AnneserGian Domenico Borasio

Abstract

Palliative care hospital support teams (HPCTs) provide inpatients from all departments palliative medical support. Seriously ill as well as dying patients, who are being treated in facilities that do not have their own palliative care unit, can benefit from these multi-professional teams just as much as patients who do not (yet) need to be admitted to a palliative care unit. At the end of 2015, 53 HPCTs, which were in accordance with the requirements established in the "Program for HPCTs" by the Bavarian Ministry of Health in 2009, had been approved in Bavaria. Using a questionnaire that was distributed by mail (2011) and an online survey (2015), we asked all Bavarian HPCTs, which had been approved up until then, to answer questions regarding their tasks, the level of acceptance within their hospital, the structure of their staff and funding. In addition to questions, which were rated on an applicability scale from 0 to 10, there was also room for written comments. The return rate in 2011 was 77% (17 questionnaires) and 53% (28) in 2015. In sum, HPCTs were widely regarded as a suitable instrument for improving in-house palliative care (2011: median 7.8 (0-10) ±1.9, 2015: 7.2 (0-10) ±2.3; n.s.). The level of acceptance among the...Continue Reading

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