Palliative care (PC) services and patients differ across countries. Data on PC delivery paired with medical and self-reported data are seldom reported. Aims were to describe (1) PC organisation and services in participating centres and (2) characteristics of patients in PC programmes.This was an international prospective multicentre study with a single web-based survey on PC organisation, services and academics and patients' self-reported symptoms collected at baseline and monthly thereafter, with concurrent registrations of medical data by healthcare providers. Participants were patients ≥18 enrolled in a PC programme.30 centres in 12 countries participated; 24 hospitals, 4 hospices, 1 nursing home, 1 home-care service. 22 centres (73

作者：M J, Hjermstad；N, Aass；F, Aielli；M, Bennett；C, Brunelli；A, Caraceni；L, Cavanna；K, Fassbender；M, Feio；D F, Haugen；G, Jakobsen；B, Laird；E T, L?hre；M, Martinez；M, Nabal；A, Noguera-Tejedor；K, Pardon；A, Pigni；L, Piva；J, Porta-Sales；F, Rizzi；E, Rondini；P, Sj?gren；F, Strasser；A, Turriziani；S, Kaasa

来源：BMJ supportive & palliative care 2016 年