Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und Qualitätssicherung
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Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich · Aug 1998
[Out-patient hospice services--their importance for palliative care in Germany].
Hospice services can be divided into three groups. Few institutions deliver the full scope of palliative home care, most of the others can provide considerably less. The third group of services are those that do not support patients but aim to establish a home care service or a hospice. ⋯ The number of home care services available in Germany is not sufficient. Only 48 institutions can be ranked as palliative care services. The distribution of the hospice services in Germany is very irregular, and providers of home care services are even more scarce in the eastern part of Germany.