TY - JOUR AU - Brinkman-Stoppelenburg, A. AU - Boddaert, M. AU - Douma, J. AU - van der Heide, A. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/09/23 TI - Palliative care in Dutch hospitals: a rapid increase in the number of expert teams, a limited number of referrals JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 518 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Palliative care expert teams in hospitals have positive effects on the quality of life and satisfaction with care of patients with advanced disease. Involvement of these teams in medical care is also associated with substantial cost savings. In the Netherlands, professional standards state that each hospital should have a palliative care team by 2017. We studied the number of hospitals that have a palliative care team and the characteristics of these teams. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1770-2 DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1770-2 ID - Brinkman-Stoppelenburg2016 ER -