Objective Integrated delivery systems of care, e.g. networks of health organizations and professionals who work together to coordinate services to meet their patients’ needs, are an important way of linking fragmented services and maximizing system efficiency and seamlessness of patient transition. Research increasingly shows that patients with advanced cancer and advanced chronic disease are treated well by integrated palliative care pathways, with comparable quality of care at lower costs. Palliative care involves the multidisciplinary care for patients in the last phase of life-threatening disease and is expected to largely grow due to the ageing of the European population. However, palliative care in Europe is still mostly organized across institutional lines: hospital, home care, hospice. This project aims at the identification of best practices in integrated palliative care with regard to quality of life and quality of care. Mixed methods will be used to identify models for integrated palliative care in Europe and to assess patient/caregiver experiences and perceptions within these pathways at the one hand and organizational, managerial, financial and regulatory aspects of these integrated pathways at the other hand. The project will evaluate existing initiatives for patients with cancer, COPD and CHF, and will deliver recommendations on (requirements for) best practices in integrated palliative care. This will also include recommendations on (changes in) skill mix of health professionals. Results will be disseminated via conferences, articles, and an interactive website including an e-learning module. This project will contribute vastly to the improvement of the (organization of) care for patients with advanced cancer and chronic disease and can be extrapolated to other patients with complex care needs. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncology Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2012.3.2-1 - Improving the organisation of health service delivery Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT EU contribution € 1 038 375,58 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maarten Van Langen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM BONN Germany EU contribution € 587 988,00 Address VENUSBERG-CAMPUS 1 53127 Bonn See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Beate Becker Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER United Kingdom EU contribution € 565 605,00 Address BAILRIGG LA1 4YW Lancaster See on map Region North West (England) Lancashire Lancaster and Wyre Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mary English (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PECSI TUDOMANYEGYETEM - UNIVERSITY OF PECS Hungary EU contribution € 210 514,00 Address VASVARI PAL UTCA 4 7622 Pecs See on map Region Dunántúl Dél-Dunántúl Baranya Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jozsefne Krutki (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution € 228 154,00 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Elke Lammertyn (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Switzerland EU contribution € 75 360,00 Address Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneve See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Clive Ondari (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSOCIAZIONE EUROPEA PER LE CURE PALLIATIVE Italy EU contribution € 20 280,00 Address Via Venezian 1 20133 MILANO See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Heidi Blumhuber (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 5 511,42 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 76 342,50 Address BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50 3062 PA Rotterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eugene Sophia (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI United States EU contribution € 17 700,00 Address ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PLACE BOX 1075 10029 6574 New York See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ellen Miller (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA Spain EU contribution € 85 763,00 Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO EDIFICIO CENTRAL 31080 Pamplona See on map Region Noreste Comunidad Foral de Navarra Navarra Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fco. Javier Irigoyen Barrio (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
