Financing palliative care (specialized outpatient) for health insurance

As a legally insured person, you are entitled to specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV). The service includes medical and nursing services including their coordination - in particular for pain therapy and symptom control. The aim is to provide care in the familiar environment of the home or family area. These include, for example, integration assistance for people with disabilities, child and youth welfare and care facilities. The special needs of children and young people must be taken into account.

The SAPV is a team effort in which different professional groups work together: doctors, nurses and cooperation partners.

Included are - yes according to individual needs

• consultation
• coordination of care,
• supporting partial supply or
• complete supply

If you have been admitted to an inpatient hospice, you will receive the medical care required within the framework of the SAPV as a partial service.