Centre characteristics*
| Institution name | Country | Institution type† | Number of PC-beds | Professional background of head of PC programme | Physician specialists in the PC programme‡ | Availability of physicians | Availability of nurses | Professors in the PC programme | Research staff in the PC programme§ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Adelaide, South Australia | AU | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 15 | Psycho-oncology nursing | PC spec: 2.5 Respiratory med: 0.6 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| University Hospital, Ghent | BE | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 6 | Anaesthesiol. | Anesth.: 0.8 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/5 | Yes | – |
| Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Vratsa | BG | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 15 | Anaesthesiol. | Oncol.: 0.5 Anaesth..: 1 Surgery: 0.3 IntMed: 0.5 | 24/7 | 24/7 | – | – |
| Cross Cancer Institute, Northern Alberta | CA | Cancer centre without inpatient PCU | – | PC specialist Oncology | Oncol: 5 GP: 13 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes** | Yes |
| The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program, Alberta | CA | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 22 | PC specialist | GP: 13 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes** | – |
| Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen | CH | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 26 | Oncology Internal Med. | Oncol.: 2.7 IntMed.: 4.3 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur | CH | Regional hospital with inpatient PCU | 8 | PC specialist | IntMed: 1 | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | Yes | |
| Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen | DK | Regional hospital | – | Oncology | Oncol.: 1 Anaesth.: 1 | 24/7 | Daytime/5 | Yes | Yes |
| Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen | DK | Regional hospital with inpatient PCU | 12 | Oncology | Oncol: 1 Anaesth. 2 | 24/7 | Daytime/5 | – | Yes |
| Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida | ES | Regional hospital | – | GP | GP: 2 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/5 | – | Yes |
| Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona | ES | Cancer centre without inpatient PCU | – | Radiation oncology | Oncol.: 1 GP: 1 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/5 | – | |
| Hospital Centro de Cuidados Laguna, Madrid | ES | Hosp-nursing-home | 43 | GP | GP: 6.4 | 24/7 | 24/7 | – | Yes |
| Institut Catala D'Oncologia, Barcelona | ES | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 18 | Internal Med. | Oncol.: 1 Anaesth.: 0.5 IntMed.: 1 GP: 2 Geriatrician: 4 | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | – | Yes |
| Cancer Prevention Centre (CPC), Tblisi | GE | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 22 | PC specialist Oncology | Oncol.: 3 Surgery 1 GP: 8 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan | IT | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 10 | Neurology | Oncol.: 2 Anaesth.:1 | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | Yes | |
| Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza | IT | Regional hospital with inpatient PCU | 12 | Oncology | Oncol.: 1 Anaesth.:1 IntMed.: 0.5 GP: 0.5 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Hospice Villa Speranza, Rome | IT | Hosp-nursing-home | 621 | Oncology | Oncol.: 2.5 Surgery: 1 IntMed.: 2 GP: 1 | 24/7 | Daytime/5 | Yes | – |
| Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento Hospital, Milan | IT | Regional hospital | – | Anaesthesiol. | Oncol.: 0.5 IntMed.: 0.5 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/7 | – | – |
| U.O. Complessa Cure Palliative e Terapia del Dolore Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan | IT | Cancer centre without inpatient PCU | – | Anaesthesiol./Oncology | Oncol.: 0.3 Surgery: 0.2 IntMed.: 0.5 | Daytime/7 | Daytime/5 | – | – |
| University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila | IT | Regional hospital with inpatient PCU | 4 | Oncology/neurology+nursing | Oncol.: 3 Neurol: 0.3 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | – |
| Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia | IT | Regional hospital | – | Oncology | Oncol.: 1 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/5 | – | – |
| St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim | NO | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 12 | Oncology | Oncol: 2.5 GP: 1 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Oslo University Hospital, Oslo | NO | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 8 | Oncology | Anesth. 3 IntMed.: 1 GP: 1 Gynaecol: 1 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen | NO | Regional hospital with inpatient PCU | 8 | Anaesthesiol. | Anaesth. 2 IntMed.: 1 GP: 1 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Øya Community Hospital, Trondheim | NO | Hosp-nursing-home§ | 8 | GP | GP: 0.3 | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | – | – |
| Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon | PT | Cancer centre without inpatient PCU | – | Internal Med. | IntMed.: 2 | Daytime/5 | Daytime/5 | – | – |
| St Gemmas Hospice, Leeds | UK | Hosp-nursing-home | 32 | PC nurse specialist | – | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | Yes | – |
| West Lothian Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, Edinburgh | UK | Hosp-nursing-home | – | PC specialist | – | 24/7 | Daytime/5 | – | – |
| Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham | UK | Cancer centre with inpatient PCU | 20 | PC specialist | PC spec.: 4 Anaesth.: 0.1 | Daytime/5 | 24/7 | – | Yes |
| Marie Curie Cancer Care Glasgow Hospice, Glasgow | UK | Hosp-nursing-home | 30 | PC specialist | – | 24/7 | 24/7 | – | – |
*Information in web survey based on data from 2010.
†Four categories: cancer centre with inpatient PCU (palliative care unit), cancer centre without inpatient PCU, Regional hospital, Hospice, nursing-home, hospice at home.
‡Numbers refer to full-time equivalents.
§Defined as persons doing research, not clinical work, including senior researchers, PhD candidates and Master students.
**Joint professorship. AU, Australia; Anaesthesiol/anaesth., Anaesthesiology; BE, Belgium; BG, Bulgaria; CA, Canada; CH, Switzerland; DE, Denmark; ES, Spain; GE, Georgia; GP, General practitioner; Gynaecol, Gynaecologist; IntMed, Internal Medicine; IT, Italy; NO, Norway; Oncol, Oncology; PCU: Palliative care unit; PT, Portugal.