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Currently, it is estimated that only 14% of patients who need palliative care (PC) receive it1,2. In Brazil, this movement is still incipient, there are only 123 doctors specialized in PC, 340 services, but none with a hospice model. Therefore, the emergency room is the main access for these patients2. Objectives: To identify and characterize the demand of patients eligible for PC through the eligibility scales: Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT-BR) and the functionality scale "Palliative Performance Scale" (PPS), in emergency services in a city of 1 million inhabitants in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil.