Specialized pediatric palliative care in Italy: where are we going? The Palliped 2022-2023 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The PalliPed project is a nationwide, observational, cross-sectional study designed with the aim of providing a constantly updated national database for the census and monitoring of specialized pediatric palliative care (PPC) activities in Italy. This paper presents the results of the first monitoring phase of the PalliPed project, which was developed through the PalliPed 2022-2023 study, to update current knowledge on the provision of specialized PPC services in Italy.

Methods

Italian specialized PPC centers/facilities were invited to participate and asked to complete a self-reporting, ad-hoc, online survey regarding their clinical activity in 2022-2023, in the revision of the data initially collected in the first PalliPed study of 2021.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Benini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763133 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature