Needs assessment among Dutch healthcare providers on primary palliative care

Online questionnaire on the experiences of Dutch healthcare providers with palliative care in the primary care setting. Includes questions on their experiences with cooperation, communication, continuity and expertise in primary palliative care in general, as well as a description of their most recently deceased patient in which they provided palliative care

Mortality follow-back study on palliative care in the Dutch primary care setting

In this study we aimed to investigate the quality of palliative care in the primary care setting. In several GP-practices, we investigated files of patients who died during a follow-back period of one year. For those who died in the primary care setting, we asked the GPs, and any involved district nurses, to fill in questionnaires on the care provided, symptom management and the quality of life of the patient in the final three months. This dataset provided characteristics of the patients and the provided palliative care