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| Intermutualistic Agency | OTHER |
| National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, Belgium | OTHER |
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It is important to provide high quality palliative care to all patients with a non-curable and life-limiting condition. The Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC) provides tools for health care professionals to help them delivering palliative care timely and accurately.This study investigates whether the implementation of the CPPPC really helps to improve patients' lifes.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Research cluster 1: Antwerp | Other | The first Dutch-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from October 2014. |
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| Research cluster 2: Mons | Other | The first French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from November 2014. |
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| Research cluster 3: Brussels | Other | The only bilingual Dutch/French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from December 2014. |
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| Research cluster 4: Limburg | Other | The second Dutch-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors will implement the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from April 2015. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care | Other | Early identification of palliative care patients, anticipatory care planning, systematic symptom assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous follow-up of the functional status of the patient and giving attention to the informal care givers. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) | The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital | 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| cost of health care consumption in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) | The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the cost of health care consumption in the last year of life | 6 months |
| consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Bart Van den Eynden, MD, PhD | Universiteit Antwerpen | Principal Investigator |
| Johan Wens, MD, PhD | Universiteit Antwerpen | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Reliance | Mons | Hainaut | Belgium | |||
| Netwerk Palliatieve Zorg Limburg |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 30836994 | Derived | Leysen B, Van den Eynden B, Janssens A, Wens J. Recruiting general practitioners for palliative care research in primary care: real-life barriers explained. BMC Fam Pract. 2019 Mar 5;20(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12875-019-0930-y. | |
| 26416574 | Derived | Leysen B, Van den Eynden B, Gielen B, Bastiaens H, Wens J. Implementation of a Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care in 5 research clusters in Belgium: quasi-experimental study protocol and innovations in data collection (pro-SPINOZA). BMC Palliat Care. 2015 Sep 28;14:46. doi: 10.1186/s12904-015-0043-x. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019091 | Critical Pathways |
| ID | Term |
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| D010347 | Patient Care Planning |
| D003191 | Comprehensive Health Care |
| D010346 | Patient Care Management |
| D006298 | Health Services Administration |
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A second French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors will implement the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from October 2015. |
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The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life |
| 6 months |
| consumption of pain killers in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) | The hypothesis is that the CPPPC augments the consumption of pain killers in the last year of life | 6 months |
| consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) | The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life | 6 months |
| Hasselt |
| Limburg |
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| Palliatieve Hulpverlening Antwerpen | Antwerp | Belgium |
| Palliabru | Brussels-Capital Region | Belgium |