Background: The concept of palliative care consisting of five distinct, clinically meaningful,
phases (stable, unstable, deteriorating, terminal and bereavement) was developed in …

Purpose Every health care sector including hospice/palliative care needs to systematically
improve services using patient-defined outcomes. Data from the national Australian …

Background Very few measures are used successfully as part of routine care within national
palliative care outcome programs. Only a handful of studies examine these measures. The …

Background: Understanding current patterns of functional decline will inform patient care
and has health service and resource implications. Aim: This prospective consecutive cohort …

Background: The Palliative Care Problem Severity Score is a clinician-rated tool to assess
problem severity in four palliative care domains (pain, other symptoms …

Background A range of health outcomes at a population level are related to differences in
levels of social disadvantage. Understanding the impact of any such differences in palliative …

Objectives To explore differences in severe symptom outcomes for palliative care patients
receiving hospital care compared with those receiving care at home. Methods Change in …

Background Implementation of routinely collected patient-reported outcome measures
(PROMs) ensures patients' priorities are at the forefront of care planning and helps to …

Context Breathlessness is a major cause of suffering and distress, and little is known about
the trajectory of breathlessness near death. Objectives To determine the trajectory and …

In Australia and New Zealand, people with chronic non-cancer pain may be referred to
specialist pain management services, most of which participate in the electronic Persistent …