title: Can palliative care teams relieve some of the pressure on acute services?
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute-Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London SE5 9RJ, UK fliss.murtagh@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Fliss
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murtagh
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013038:Specialization