Improving the organization of palliative care: identification of barriers and facilitators in five European countries

Table 3 Overview of barriers and facilitators of strategies to improve the quality of palliative care

Themes	Facilitators					Barriers^a
Themes	EN	DE	IT	NO	NL	EN	DE	IT	NO	NL
Innovation		Usefulness	Accessibility, attractiveness, usefulness	Accessibility, attractiveness, usefulness	Accessibility, attractiveness, usefulness		Usefulness	Attractiveness	Attractiveness	Accessibility, attractiveness
Individual professional level	Attitude, professional skills	Attitude, professional skills, knowledge, awareness	Attitude, professional skills	Attitude, professional skills, knowledge	Attitude	Attitude	Attitude, knowledge, awareness	Attitude, knowledge		Attitude, awareness
Group dynamics	Professional guidance	Team climate	Team climate, professional guidance, network	Network	Professional guidance, network		Team climate	Team climate, network	Team climate	Team climate, network
Organization-al context		Organizational processes, organizational structure		Staff	Organizational processes	Time, staff		Time	Time, staff, organizational structure	Time, staff, organizational structure
Economic and political context	Financial arrangement, regulations		Regulations	Financial arrangement, regulations	Regulations	Financial arrangement, regulations	Financial arrangement	Financial arrangement, regulations	Financial arrangement, regulations	Financial arrangement, regulations

EN England, DE Germany, IT Italy, NO Norway, NL The Netherlands.
^aFor the readability of the table, the 'lack of' has been left out in the description of barriers. However, each barrier should be read as if there is a lack of it, e.g. lack of attractiveness, lack of time, etc.

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