Abstract:Objectives: To describe the process of implementing a palliative care team (PCT) in a Brazilian public tertiary university hospital and compare this intervention as an active in-hospital search (Strategy I) with the Emergency Department (Strategy II). Methods: We described the development of a complex Palliative Care Team (PCT). We evaluated the following primary outcomes - hospital discharge, death (in-hospital and follow-up mortality) or transfer - and performance outcomes - Perception Index (difference in d… Show more
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