Community palliative care services on addressing physical and psychosocial needs in people with advanced illness: a prospective cohort study.

Background: The integration of palliative care into primary health care has been advocated to improve its accessibility and the continuity of care. Recent studies on such an approach have mainly focused on health care cost and utilization. This study aims to evaluate the effects of a community interdisciplinary palliative care program on the symptom experience of patients with advanced disease.