Development of a national quality framework for palliative care in a mixed generalist and specialist care model: A whole-sector approach and a modified Delphi technique

Manon S. Boddaert; Joep Douma; Anne-Floor Q. Dijxhoorn; René A. C. L. Héman; Carin C. D. van der Rijt; Saskia S. C. M. Teunissen; Peter C. Huijgens; Kris C. P. Vissers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265726

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Development of a national quality framework for palliative care in a mixed generalist and specialist care model: A whole-sector approach and a modified Delphi technique

Manon S. Boddaert ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m.boddaert@iknl.nl

Affiliations Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands, Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Joep Douma,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands, Palliactief, Dutch Society for Professionals in Palliative Care, Delft, the Netherlands
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Anne-Floor Q. Dijxhoorn,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands, Center of Expertise in Palliative Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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René A. C. L. Héman,

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Royal Dutch Medical Association, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Carin C. D. van der Rijt,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Palliactief, Dutch Society for Professionals in Palliative Care, Delft, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Saskia S. C. M. Teunissen,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Netherlands Association for Palliative Care (PZNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Peter C. Huijgens,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Kris C. P. Vissers

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Palliactief, Dutch Society for Professionals in Palliative Care, Delft, the Netherlands, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Development of a national quality framework for palliative care in a mixed generalist and specialist care model: A whole-sector approach and a modified Delphi technique

Manon S. Boddaert,
Joep Douma,
Anne-Floor Q. Dijxhoorn,
René A. C. L. Héman,
Carin C. D. van der Rijt,
Saskia S. C. M. Teunissen,
Peter C. Huijgens,
Kris C. P. Vissers

Published: March 23, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265726

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Acknowledgements (correction)

Posted by mboddaert on 27 Dec 2022 at 18:03 GMT

The authors wish to thank all stakeholders involved for their contributions to the development of the NQFPC; we are particularly in gratitude to the expert panel members for their time, enthusiasm, and expertise, to Birgit Frӧhleke and Wim Jansen (Palliactief, Dutch Society for Professionals in Palliative Care) for accommodating this project within their organisations, to Maureen Bijkerk for her work in researching the glossary of terms and to Elske van der Pol for managing this project and its team of peers. Additionally, we would like to express our appreciation for Yvette van der Linden (Centre of Expertise in Palliative Care, Leiden University Medical Center), Natasja Raijmakers and Heidi Fransen (both Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, IKNL) for their rigorous and valuable reviews. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

No competing interests declared.

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