Benefits of palliative care_
| Bakitas et al. 2009[3] | Improved QoL and mood |
| Temel et al. 2010[4] | Improved QoL, longer survival. Lower risk for depression and less aggressive care at the end of life |
| Zimmerman et al. 2014[5] | Improved QoL |
| Temel et al. 2017[6] | Improved QoL and mood |
| Vanbutsele et al. 2018[7] | Improved QoL |
| Maltoni et al. 2016[8] | Significant impact on some indicators of EoL treatment aggressiveness |
| Grudzen et al. 2016[9] | Improved QoL |
| Bakitas et al. 2015[10] | Improved survival |
| El-Jawahri et al. 2016[11] | Improved QoL |
| Jordhoy et al. 2000[12] | More deaths at home as the preferred place of death |
| Higginson et al. 2015[23] | Improved QoL and symptom control |
| Ferrel et al. 2015[24] | Improved QoL and symptom control |
| Kavalieratos et al. 2016[25] | Improved QoL and symptom control |
| Haun et al. 2017[26] | Improved QoL and symptom control |